Annabel Gràcia i Damas
List of John Benjamins publications in which Annabel Gràcia i Damas is involved.
Articles
2026 “Tot lo que é pèrdua é tristor”: Reflexions entorn de la desaparició de patrimoni lingüístic a Ponent The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages, Capdevila, Irene and Francesc Feliu (eds.), pp. 102–109 | Chapter
The evidence that plenty of local words and expressions on the western Catalan border are falling into disuse emanates from the voices of people from the Franja and Lleida who, reflecting on their emotional attachment to their language and speech, lament its disappearance. We analyze which of… read more
2020 The historical instrumentalization of Lleida’s Catalan identity: Current echoes Canvi lingüístic, estandardització i identitat en català / Linguistic Change, Standardization and Identity in Catalan, Radatz, Hans-Ingo (ed.), pp. 129–140 | Chapter
Lleida – its official Catalan name – is part of the Catalan linguistic community and this has been instrumentalized for ulterior motives on various occasions. The most blatant example was the Franco regime’s attempt to prise Lérida – its official Spanish name – from the rest of Catalonia.… read more
2019 Renunciar als trets lingüístics propis: “Per a Lleida ja ‘no’ està bé” The Intricacy of Languages, Feliu, Francesc and Olga Fullana (eds.), pp. 347–358 | Chapter
Stereotypes of Lleida and its people along with the stigmatization of its dialect have hindered the linguistic and emotional wellbeing which any community requires. On the contrary, they have empowered the low self-esteem that exudes from the legendary sentence: “It is good enough for Lleida.”
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