Els usos lingüístics als establiments comercials d’Andorra la Vella

Piñol Matas, Carla

Els usos lingüístics als establiments comercials d’Andorra la Vella

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Piñol Matas, C. Els usos lingüístics als establiments comercials d’Andorra la Vella. 2024. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69221

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Abstract

This research measures the use of Catalan in the commercial area of Andorra la Vella, one sector highly influenced by the arrival of immigrants and visitors from all over the world and which, therefore, presents a complex demolinguistic reality. Thus, the project aims to check to what extent official Andorra’s monolingualism is reflected in practice, and also to investigate the reasons that lead to the linguistic situation observed. To this effect, the field work is based on the study of 550 commercial establishments in the capital of the Principality of Andorra — street establishments, establishments in shopping centers and department stores sections— by means of observational methodology. The qualitative analysis is complemented by interviews with linguistic professionals who are experts in matters related to the object of study of this work. As stated in the hypothesis on which this research is based, it is shown that the country’s official monolingualism is not reflected in real use in the commercial establishments of Andorra la Vella, but that the linguistic scenario is dominated by a strong presence of Spanish, to the detriment of the majority use of Catalan.