Valencian linguistic conflict

The Valencian linguistic conflict,[1][2][3][4][5] also known as Valencian sociolinguist conflict,[1] refers to the conflict between the use of the Spanish and Valencian languages in Valencia, Spain.[6]

During the Battle of Valencia (1978–1982), the term was used to refer to a controversy about the Valencian language and its relationship with the other dialects of the Catalan language.[3][7][6] This discussion is considered to be secondary when compared to the Valencian language controversy, the institutional diminution of the Valencian language, and the dominance of the Spanish language.[6][4]

Origin

Valencian sociolinguist Rafael Ninyoles I Monllor coined the term linguistic conflict by the end of the 1960s[6] to refer to certain diglossic situations, such as the Valencian one.[4] In his late works, he described the process of the ongoing substitution of Valencian for Castilian by social elites and the resulting loss of prestige of the vernacular language.[6]

See also

• Resolution concerning principles and criteria for protecting the name and identity of Valencian
• Norms of El Puig

References

1. Pardines López & Torres 2011, p. 8.
2. Dictamen sobre la lengua del Consell Valencià de Cultura – Pleno extraordinario de 13 de julio de 1998
3. El model valencià de política lingüística Archived 2016-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, Anselm Bodoque
4. La deriva estandarditzadora valenciana. Del secessionisme rupturista a l’aïllacionisme particularista
5. Lengua e ideología nacionalista en el conflicto centro-periferia. Apuntes sobre el caso español
6. Pardines López & Torres 2011, p. 19.
7. Comunidad lingüística y conflicto lingüístico: revisión de unos términos sociolingüísticos respecto al discurso valenciano

Bibliography

• Climent-Ferrando, Vicent: "El origen y la evolución argumentativa del secesionismo lingüístico valenciano. Un análisis desde la transición hasta la actualidad." – in catalan in english.
• Pardines López, Susanna; Torres, Nathalie (2011). La política Lingüística al País Valencià (PDF). Fundació Nexe. ISBN 978-84-938315-4-7.
• Pradilla, Miguel Ángel (2004). El laberint valencià. Apunts per a una sociolingüística del conflicte. Onada Edicions. ISBN 84-933441-3-3.