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The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities

World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 309-322, June 2026.
Abstract This article deals with the somehow complex equilibrium of languages used in Catalonia, with a particular analysis of the role of English vis‐a‐vis the national language (Spanish) and the regional official language (Catalan). A discussion of the supremacy of standard languages over local ones in modern history, followed by an account of the ...
Enric Llurda
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Nationalism, nation and territory: Jacint Verdaguer and the CatalanRenaixença [PDF]

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010
Abstract This paper seeks to explain the historic importance to Catalan nationalism of the nineteenth-century poet and priest, Jacint Verdaguer. In order to do so, rather than focus on his contribution – and that of the wider cultural revival, the Renaixenca – to the development of the Catalan language as the basis for national political mobilization ...
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Nación y nacionalismo: notas para el estudio comparado del caso catalán en relación al resto de nacionalismos periféricos de España [PDF]

, 2009
L’article del doctor Casassas ens planteja algunes reflexions sobre el sempre vidriós tema del nacionalisme. El valor afegit d’aquest treball rau en el fet que té la pretensió de fer història comparada, confrontant el cas català amb la resta de ...
Casassas i Ymbert, Jordi
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
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Mother tongue instruction as a sticky object: The making of a register of denunciation

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article examines the making of a political register to denounce mother tongue instruction (MTI) in Sweden. Nationally mandated since 1977, MTI is a state‐sponsored, curriculum‐stipulated subject for minority pupils of over 187 languages other than Swedish.
Scarlett Mannish, Linus Salö
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The Catalan case on trial. The making of heroic leadership on a courtroom stage

Studies on National Movements, 2015
During the 20th century, several outstanding Catalan politicians became famous after being judged in court. Their trial experience was crucial for the later development of their successful careers.
Joan Esculies
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[Review of] Daniel Friedman and Sharon Grimberg. Miss India Georgia [PDF]

, 1997
Miss India Georgia is an intelligent and insightful video documentary that tells the story of four Indian American teenagers, who in `the process of preparing for Atlanta\u27s annual South Asian beauty pageant reflect on the trials and tribulations of ...
DasGupta, Kasturi
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National identity after conquest

American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 768-785, April 2026.
Abstract Conquering powers routinely adopt state‐directed nationalization projects that seek to make the boundaries of the nation coterminous with the (newly expanded) boundaries of the state. To this end, they implement policies that elevate the economic status of individuals who embrace the occupier's national identity and discriminate against those ...
Christopher Carter, Daniel W. Gingerich
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Dominant ethnicity and integration: the Estonian case [PDF]

, 2007
From introduction: On October 18-19, 2007, the Tallinn Conference on Conceptualising Integration was held that focused on the Estonian integration policy.
Kaufmann, Eric P.
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Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 520-534, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent years, comparative studies between Scotland and Catalonia have grown substantially, especially those dealing with the territorial embeddedness of these territories in the United Kingdom and Spain. Despite this, comparative research on the integration of Catalans and Scots in the decision‐making of central state institutions is ...
Javier Antón‐Merino
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