Catalan: pour ameliorer ma grenouille

[Harold Schiffman]

pour ameliorer ma grenouille
CatalanAvril 17, 2008 à 9:23 ·

Sociolinguistically, despite the diglossic situation in which Catalan
found itself during most of the nineteenth century, particularly
evident in the French-language policy of the time, there has been a
degree of language loyalty and language maintenance affected mainly by
the strong Catalan renaissance in Spain, and hence some restoration of
Catalan in 'official' functions. As a consequence, Catalan is now more
used in public life than before, and the success of the strong
movements in education, where Catalan is used both as an object of
teaching and a vehicle for learning other subjects, have had a major
effect on its prestige and acceptability. Likewise, Catalan usage in
the media and economic life, where the Catalunya authorities use
Catalan in trade and administration between the two countries, has led
to rather more equality of prestige between the two languages than
heretofore. The situation is hence dynamic and somewhat fluid, and the
future is less clear than in most other French regions.

http://monsieurlefrog.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/catalan/
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