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Language planning and language policy in Sardinia

 | University of Florence
Published online: 24 April 2018
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Abstract
In 1999, the Italian Republic acknowledged the status of Sardinian as a minority language. Since then the Autonomous Region of Sardinia has been committed to the development of language policies for Sardinian. A regional law approved in 1997 adopted the aim of promoting the different varieties of the languages spoken in Sardinia. The goals changed substantially when the Region adopted for its language planning activities the ideas of a cultural-political movement known as Movimentu Linguisticu Sardu, and appointed an activist Director of the Bureau of the Sardinian Language. This article presents and discusses the key steps in the last decade of language planning: the proposals, their development and consequences.
Résumé
Politique linguistique et planification linguistique : La situation du sarde
En 1999, la République italienne a octroyé au sarde le statut de langue minoritaire. À partir de ce moment, la région Sardaigne s’est engagée à développer des politiques linguistiques en faveur du sarde. Une loi régionale de 1997 soulignait l’importance de promouvoir les différentes variétés du sarde. Par la suite, la situation changea drastiquement quand la région Sardaigne confia la direction du bureau pour la langue sarde à un militant du mouvement politico-culturel Movimentu Linguisticu Sardu (Mouvement linguistique sarde). Ce travail présente et discute les moments-clés de la planification linguistique de cette dernière décennie : les propositions, leurs déroulements et les conséquences sociolinguistiques.
Resumo
Lingva planado kaj lingva politiko en Sardinio
En la jaro 1999 la Itala Respubliko agnoskis la statuson de la sardinia kiel minoritata lingvo. Depost tiam, la Aŭtonoma Regiono de Sardinio sin devigis al evoluigo de lingvaj politikoj por Sardinio. La regiona leĝo akceptita en 1997 alprenis kiel celon la antaŭenigon de la diversaj varioj de la lingvoj parolataj en Sardinio. La celoj signife ŝanĝiĝis kiam la Regiono alproprigis por siaj ligvoplanaj agadoj la ideojn de la kulturpolitika movado nomata Movimentu Linguisticu Sardu, kaj nomis aktivulon kiel Direktoron de la Buroo de la Sardinia Lingvo. La nuna artikolo prezentas kaj pridiskutas la ŝlosilajn paŝojn de la pasinta jardeko de lingvoplanado: la proponojn, ilian evoluon, kaj la konsekvencojn.
Article outline
  • The history of the Sardinian language
  • Language policy and legislation
  • Standardization and language planning
    • Corraine (2000)
    • LSU and LSC: Similarities and differences
    • Further developments
  • Sociolinguistic factors in Sardinian language planning
  • Future perspectives
  • Notes
  • References
  • Documents
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