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Peer reviewedRex, John – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell on "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," by suggesting that the Catalonian situation is a civic and inclusive nationalism that has an ethnic dimension (defined in linguistic terms). The paper discusses the general theory of nationalism and ethnicity, examines the case of Catalan, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBarbour, Stephen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," focusing on nationalism. After describing nationalism; nations and other communities; languages; and language, ethnic and national identity, and nationalism; the paper concludes that many factors give language a crucial place in nationalism in many…
Descriptors: Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance
Peer reviewedSmith, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," arguing that, in a globalizing world, Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia must resolve their differences and unite against the Anglo-Saxon language and culture which threaten to enter the equation and overtake them all. The paper suggests that Catalonia…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Dialects, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedChriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," noting the lack of congruence between the Catalan nation defined culturally and linguistically and Catalonia the polity. The paper examines nationalist discourse, identity, and evolution, and discusses the limits of devolution (borders and internal…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHaselbach, Dieter – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," arguing that the nationalism that already exists is viewed as the norm and suggesting that the Catalan nationalism and its attempts at affirmative action are menacing. The paper worries that demographic realities might push Catalan nationalism into…
Descriptors: Demography, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWright, Sue – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1995
Examines the question of language revitalization against the background of the use of Hebrew as the language of public life in Israel and of Irish as an official language of Ireland. Notes that the organizing principles of nationalism are complex and disputed. The different linguistic outcomes in these two countries point up the complexity and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Irish
