The intergenerational transmission of the Galician language. A comparison with Catalan

Authors

  • Xaquín Loredo Gutiérrez Seminario de Sociolingüística da RAG
  • Henrique Monteagudo Romero Seminario Sociolingüístico da RAG/ Instituo da Lingua Galega. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Keywords:

language shift, transmission, revitalization, Catalan, Galician, sociolinguistics.

Abstract

The decline of the Galician language shown by the latest demolinguistic surveys is gaining speed. This paper focuses on an analysis of the intergenerational language transmission of Galician on the basis of the Catalan Language Intergenerational Transmission Rate, which was designed by Torres (2009) and which is commonly used in the analysis of the linguistic transmission of Catalan, adapting it here to the object of this study. Our purpose is to analyse the evolution of the linguistic reproduction of the Galician language in the last two decades, taking into account the sociodemographic variables of age, educational level and especially habitat. Lastly, the transmission rates of Catalan and Galician are compared, taking them as indicators of the vitality of each of these two languages.
Keywords: language shift, transmission, revitalization, Catalan, Galician, sociolinguistics.

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Author Biographies

Xaquín Loredo Gutiérrez, Seminario de Sociolingüística da RAG

Henrique Monteagudo Romero, Seminario Sociolingüístico da RAG/ Instituo da Lingua Galega. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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Published

2016-07-22

Issue

No. 27 (2017): La transmissió lingüística intergeneracional

Section

Secció monogràfica. La transmissió lingüística intergeneracional