Book notice: The Attitudinal Factor in Language Planning

[Harold Schiffman]

The Attitudinal Factor in Language Planning: The Valencian Situation
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Romance Linguistics 54
Published: 2007 Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Manuel Triano López

Abstract:

A number of researchers have argued that speakers' attitudes mediate
the outcome of language-planning measures. This study aims to
contribute to the literature by exploring the role of attitudes in
purism, a language-planning orientation which seeks to preserve a
language from putative foreign items. More specifically, the study
focuses on Valencian, a dialect of Catalan spoken in eastern Spain.
The colloquial register of this variety is heavily Castilianized at
the lexical level, despite two decades of governmental action aimed at
reducing the number of Spanish borrowings (also known as
Castilianisms).

A strong relationship between Valencian speakers' attitudes and their
linguistic behavior (ie, their use of either Castilianisms or native
equivalents) would direct local planners to heed speakers' attitudes
as a prerequisite to the success of lexical de-Castilianization. The
author analyzes attitudinal and behavioral data from 80
Valencian-speaking
subjects and discusses the implications of the results for language
planning in the area.

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