Essays about: "Erik Fau Blimming"

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  1. 1. The Aragonese resistance : A qualitative study on the attitudes and motivations of new speakers of an endangered language in Zaragoza

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Erik Fau Blimming; [2019]
    Keywords : linguistics; sociolinguistics; aragonese; languages; minority; endangered; revitalization;

    Abstract : While the number of Aragonese speakers is in steady decline in the rural areas of Spain where it was traditionally spoken, the efforts of grassroots movements since the end of Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 have contributed to create a community of new speakers in Aragon’s largest cities, mostly thanks to courses for adults organized by cultural associations. The capital, Zaragoza, which has been practically monolingual for centuries, after Spanish became the language of power and prestige in the 15th century, is now home to several thousand Aragonese speakers. READ MORE