The north-western Catalan in TV3 fiction Authors Laura Ferrer-Huch Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres Keywords: TV3, estàndard, col·loquial mediatitzat nord-occidental, Lo Cartanyà, Gran Nord, normalitzar Abstract Catalan public television was created to normalize Catalan on television and to become a common audiovisual space for all the Catalan-speaking lands. A language model was built, but it just reflected the central standard language. It is true that the north-western standard has also appeared on TVC, but to a much lesser extent. Given this state of affairs, we have sought to study what happens to the colloquial version of the language, the variety that it is used mainly in media when it is publicly broadcasted. Therefore, this study aims to determine the presence of colloquial north-western Catalan in TV3 fiction and especially, how it is treated so that we can ultimately determine the north-western language model used. To this end, we analyse the language used in the only two television soap operas produced by TVC which have been developed in the north-western territory (Lo Cartanyà and Gran Nord) which therefore spread a north-western language model based on lleidatà and pallarès, respectively. As we shall see, there seems to have been an evolution in the use of colloquial mediated north-west from 2005 (when the first production in north-western Catalan appeared) until the present. However, there are still many prejudices that we could help palliate, by introducing series in several dialects on TV3 and thus normalizing their presence in the Catalan television landscape.Key Words: TV3; standard; colloquial mediated north-west; Lo Cartanyà; Gran Nord; normalize Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 27 (2017) Section Studies and Editions License L&L: Llengua & Literatura is published under the Creative Commons licence system in the “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Spain” license scheme, the complete text of which is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Therefore, the public at large is authorised to reproduce, distribute and share its content as long as the author and publisher are acknowledge and it is not used for commercial use or derivative works.This means that when an author submits their work for publication, they are explicitly agreeing to forfeit their editing and publishing rights.L&L provides free and immediate access to its contents (with the versions of the articles submitted that have been positively evaluated and, if needed, amended) through its URL (http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/LLiL) before they are published on paper, based on the principle that making research available to citizens free of charge fosters the global exchange of knowledge.
