Plataforma per la Llengua
Encyclopedia
La Plataforma per la Llengua (The Language Association) is a civil organization supported by various intellectuals and public figures of the Catalan
society and brings together a range of entities and individuals with the common goal of working for the linguistic normalization of the Catalan language
. Their activities include the development of sociolinguistic studies and a constant monitoring on the status of the Catalan language, in collaboration with other organizations, foundations and public agencies. Throughout more than 15 years, "La Plataforma" have received several awards, including the recent 2008 National Prize for Culture for the social projection of the Catalan language, given by the Government of Catalonia
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Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
society and brings together a range of entities and individuals with the common goal of working for the linguistic normalization of the Catalan language
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
. Their activities include the development of sociolinguistic studies and a constant monitoring on the status of the Catalan language, in collaboration with other organizations, foundations and public agencies. Throughout more than 15 years, "La Plataforma" have received several awards, including the recent 2008 National Prize for Culture for the social projection of the Catalan language, given by the Government of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
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Members
The Association is supported by a consultative council consisting of- Joan Triadú
- Isabel-Clara Simó
- Salvador Cardús i Ros
- Jordi Font
- Parícia Gabancho
- Josep Maria Lopez Llaví
- Albert Manent i Segimon
- Isidor Marí
- Fèlix Martí
- Jordi Porta i Ribalta
- Jordi Sanchez
- Abelard Saragossà
- Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras
- Miquel Sellarès
- Vicenç Villatoro i Lamolla,
- Miquel Strubell i Trueta
Objectives
- Articulate Catalan as the common language of social cohesion and of interrelationship between all the people of the linguistic area.
- Guarantee and promote the use of the Catalan language in all these areas.
- Promote the linguistic and cultural rights of the persons who speak Catalan and of those who live to the territories of Catalan speech, with regard to this language.
- Stimulate and collaborate in campaigns of linguistic normalization of the Catalan language.
- Address problems that affect the Catalan society, always and especially when they contribute to the improvement of the use of Catalan. The Association wishes to represent Catalan civil society and to reactivate this society in the world of the linguistic activism.