C2

Sociolinguistic Awareness

Consciència Sociolingüística

About this concept

Understanding Catalan's sociolinguistic context: diglossia with Spanish, language normalization, code-switching, the continuum from Catalan light to heavy, and language attitudes in different domains.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

Canvi de codi: 'Mira, es que no sé com dir-ho.'Code-switching: mixing Catalan structure with Spanish fillers.
interferència: 'buscar' vs. 'cercar/buscar'Spanish interference: using buscar instead of cercar.
normalització: ús social del catalànormalization: social use of Catalan.
català heavy: ús de formes genuïnesheavy Catalan: using authentic/non-borrowed forms.

Prerequisite

Dialectal VariationC2

More C2 concepts

Dialectal VariationVariació DialectalMedieval and Literary CatalanCatalà Antic i LiterariAdministrative and Legal LanguageLlenguatge Administratiu i JurídicColloquial and Informal CatalanCatalà Col·loquialDiscourse PragmaticsPragmàtica Discursiva

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