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Studies relating to the sociolinguistic situation of the Galician language (1990-2002), by Anxo M. Lorenzo Suárez


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To test or reject this hypothesis, two samples were selected. In the first place there was a sample of the Galician population in general. 1,400 individuals were consulted by means of a questionnaire with questions relating to the language, religious beliefs and the liturgy in Galician. Secondly, a more selective study was carried out in ten parishes (sample size: 400 interviews), five parrishes where the liturgy was in Galician and five where the liturgy was in Spanish. A closed questionnaire consisting of five questions was administered to this sample.

The conclusions drawn from this study are firstly that the general public disapproves of the attitude of the Galician church with respect to the Galician language. Indeed, what was found was that there existed very favourable attitudes towards increased use of the liturgy in Galician, while a considerable proportion of those questioned were actually indifferent to the language used, reinforcing the idea that a change of language here would be relatively easy to achieve.

9. Endnote

An evaluation of all the pieces of research review here leads us to conclude that the promotion and instigation of the research by the Galicians institutions could have been considerably more intense and more frequent than has been the case. As a result, we need more linguistic research of a general nature, carried out frequently and periodically, and we would also like to see more reports on specific sectors, again with more frequency and regularity. By the same token, the knowledge we have of the sociolinguistic dynamics of the Galician tongue are much less than optimum, especially given the capacity for research that we currently have available.

With respect to the general research, as opposed to research in specific sectors, what is missing is a systematic exploitation –as well as informed interpretation– of the sociolinguistic information contained in the Censo de población y vivienda (Census on population and housing) which is brought up to date every five years. We don't know the linguistic results of the 1996 census and we don't know what will happen with the results relating to 2001.

Lastly, in domains and sectors of crucial interest we lack specific up-to-date information: the workplace and corporate use, domains and activities relating to the new technologies and with the information society, among others.

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Anxo M. Lorenzo Suárez
Departamento de Filoloxía Galega e Latina
Universidade de Vigo
alorenzo@uvigo.es
Tel: (+34) 986 812 359


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