Glotopolítica de la resistencia en territorios romances vulnerables. Reseña de Alén Garabato, Carmen, Djordjevic Léonard, Ksenija (eds.). (2022). Agir en terrains vulnerables. Enquêtes et études ethnosociolinguistiques

• Published in: Revista de llengua i dret no. 79; p. 480
• Main Author: Llamedo-Pandiella, Gonzalo
• Format: Book Review
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Barcelona Escola d'Administracio Publica de Catalunya 01-06-2023
• Subjects: Diglossia; Endangered languages; Language policy; Language revitalization; Linguistics; Occitan language; Romance languages; Sociolinguistics
• ISSN: 0212-5056
• DOI: 10.58992/rld.i79.2023.3981

This work presents the latest advances provided by Occitan sociolinguistics. In particular, it analyses a recent book that is relevant to the reflection on the situation of the most endangered Romance languages. The originality of this volume lies in the fact that it focuses on the notion of vulnerability. It raises the possible limitations of the scope of institutional language policies when they are applied to diglossic contexts marked by a demographic crisis and socioeconomic difficulties. Furthermore, it analyses the bottom-up glottopolitical interventions activated by local agents to revitalise their respective languages. It also refers to new linguistic practices that contribute to the patrimonialisation of endangered languages from a cultural point of view.