Josep M. Nadal
List of John Benjamins publications in which Josep M. Nadal is involved.
Book series
ISSN 2211-5412
Title
Constructing Languages: Norms, myths and emotions
Edited by Francesc Feliu and Josep M. Nadal
As language historians we believe that the subject of our study is neither natural languages nor idiolects which speakers have always been able to develop individually (loosely what Chomsky calls L-i), but rather the social constructions of reference shared by all speakers (basically what Chomsky… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 13] 2016. vii, 416 pp.
2026 The plough and the tractor: Considerations (with poetical excursions) for a debate on the uncertain future of linguistic diversity The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages, Capdevila, Irene and Francesc Feliu (eds.), pp. 4–12 | Chapter
This text constitutes the starting point for the various reflections contained in this volume, and served as a theoretical framework in the congress where the first versions of the texts were presented and debated. It raises, using the analogy of the contrast between the plough and the tractor,… read more
2023 Posar fronteres a la mar: La llengua desitjada Desired Language: Languages as objects of national ideology, Feliu, Francesc (ed.), pp. 5–32 | Chapter
This programmatic text constitutes an unconventional theoretical approach to the linguistic fact, the foundation of the languages existence, the processes with which they have been constituted historically, the functions that correspond to them and the emotional implications that they always… read more
2020 Meeting spaces, identities and linguistic diversity Canvi lingüístic, estandardització i identitat en català / Linguistic Change, Standardization and Identity in Catalan, Radatz, Hans-Ingo (ed.), pp. 71–84 | Chapter
When we accept that languages condition the well-being of speakers, how should we reconsider the concept of “language”? Does it only refer to the official language, the one that is used as a reference to situate ourselves in one place or another within the social structure, or does it also refer… read more
2019 Language intricacy: An issue of multi scalarity and feedback loop The Intricacy of Languages, Feliu, Francesc and Olga Fullana (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Chapter
This text established the theoretical framework for the 10th International Colloquium ‘Problems and Methods of Language History’, which discusses about the intricacy of languages and gives rise to the present book. In this brief reflection, the main subjects of interest in our volume are mentioned,… read more
2016 Languages as a construction: An enlightening perspective Constructing Languages: Norms, myths and emotions, Feliu, Francesc and Josep M. Nadal (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Article