An overview of Catalan sociolinguistics and pragmatics (1989-1996)

Abstract

The aim of this appraisal is to provide readers of the Catalan Review with access to data concerning both work already completed and work currently under way in the fields of Catalan sociolinguistics and pragmatics. Even though this is the Internet era, information of this kind is sometimes impossible to find; many specialized bibliographical networks or repertoires do not cover books and articles on Catalan or in Catalan, and even less cover the fields of sociolinguistics and pragmatics. We hope that this article will serve as an invitation to readers to evaluate for themselves the weak points and the strong points of a research field as heterogeneous as this one, and to initiate or coordinate their own research.