Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Source

RILI - Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana

Volume

10

Issue

1.19

Inclusive pages

29-54

ISBN/ISSN

1579-9425

Peer Reviewed

yes

Abstract

In this article we analyze the language ideological debate that surrounded the publication of the new edition of the Ortografía of the Royal Spanish Academy, published in 2010. We examine this debate with the concept of "higiene verbal" and focusing on the current language policies to maintain the control of the symbolic status of the language. The analysis reveals some tensions that have been usually concealed in Spain's linguistic historiography in favor of an aseptic narrative of a cordial management of the language and its norms by all the academies of the language.

Keywords

Spelling, Pan-Hispanic language policies, verbal hygiene, language ideological debates

Disciplines

Modern Languages | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature

Comments

Paper provided by the author, who affirmed the permission of the publisher to make it available following an embargo of 10 years.


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