• The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times

    Author(s):
    Vicente Lledó-Guillem (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    CLCS Mediterranean, LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose, LLC Catalan Studies, LLC Medieval Iberian, LLC Occitan
    Subject(s):
    Catalan language, History, Occitan literature, Iberia (Kingdom), Middle Ages, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century
    Item Type:
    Monograph
    Tag(s):
    Catalan language in history, Occitan, Historical sociolinguistics, Medieval Iberia, Early modern Iberia
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/em6y-6v61
    Abstract:
    The historical relationship between the Catalan and Occitan languages had a definitive impact on the linguistic identity of the powerful Crown of Aragon and the emergent Spanish Empire. Drawing upon a wealth of historical documents, linguistic treatises and literary texts, this book offers fresh insights into the political and cultural forces that shaped national identities in the Iberian Peninsula and, consequently, neighboring areas of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. The innovative textual approach taken in these pages exposes the multifaceted ways in which the boundaries between the region’s most prestigious languages were contested, and demonstrates how linguistic identities were linked to ongoing struggles for political power. As the analysis reveals, the ideological construction of Occitan would play a crucial role in the construction of a unified Catalan, and Catalan would, in turn, give rise to a fervent debate around ‘Spanish’ language that has endured through the present day. This book will appeal to students and scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Hispanic linguistics, Catalan language and linguistics, anthropological linguistics, Early Modern literature and culture, and the history of the Mediterranean.
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72080-7
    Publisher:
    Springer International Publishing
    Pub. Date:
    2018-2-12
    ISBN:
    9783319720791
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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