QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY

 Questions for Undergraduate students

1. Why is Catalan spoken in the Carxe and what variety do they use?
2. It has been argued that Ausiàs March was the first poet who used Catalan for courtly lyric poetry? Give reasons to support or deny this statement
3. What may the bilingualism in the Catalan-speaking lands be considered diglossia? Is the level of diglossia similar in all the Catalan-speaking lands?
4. Describe and compare the importance of the work of Pompeu Fabra (1868-1948) and Antoni Maria Alcover (1862-1932) regarding the Catalan language.
5. After describing five more differences between the eastern and western varieties of the Catalan language, explain the main differences between the northwestern and the Valencian varieties.

 Questions for Graduate students

1. Explain the linguistic and historical context that led to the foundation of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans and La Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Do you think that we can consider Catalan a pluricentric language?
2. How did the publication of Das Katalanisches (1925) by Wilhem Meyer-Lübke relate to the discussion about the classification of Catalan among the Romance languages in the first half of the twentieth century?
3. Analyze the context and the importance of the Normes de Castelló (Rules from Castelló) (1932).
4. Explain the importance of the Regles d’esquivar vocables o mots grossers o pagesívols (How to avoid words that are either vulgar or used by peasants) (ca. 1492).
5. It has been argued that the Catalan varieties of the Valencian Region and the Balearic Islands are more archaic than Central Catalan. Explain if you agree and support your conclusions with examples
6. Analyze the linguistic ideological debate that took place when the Frankfurt Book Fair decided to feature Catalonia in 2007.