Josep Maria Nadal Farreras (born 1949, in Girona , Catalonia , Spain ) is Profesor of History of Language at the University of Girona .
Biography
He Graduated in Romance Philology at the University of Barcelona and is Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 1975. He worked at this university for sixteen years, where he became Profesor in 1987 and he held several management positions. [1] From this position he promoted the creation of the University of Girona , which happened in December 1991. He was Chancellor of this new university from 1993 to early 2002. He has also been Chair of the Department of Language and Communication from 2009 to 2012. He is a member of the Institute of Catalán Language and Culture and Director of the Observatory of European and the Mediterranean Languages (ODELLEUM). He has promoted various foros for scientific and interdisciplinary discusión. Since 2009 is member of the Philological Section of the Institute for Catalán Studies . That same year he received the Jaume Vicens Vives Price for University Quality Awarded by the Government of Catalonia . [2]
His early research focused on Generative lingüísticos and in 1975 defended his doctoral thesis Aspectos de la subordinación en catalán actual: por una sintaxis abstracta ( On Aspects of the Current Catalán Subordination: Towards an Abstract Syntax ). [3] Soon, however, and beside Modest Prats he became interested in the History of the Catalán Language from a new approach: the study of the lingüístico aspects in relation to those social and within the historical contexto. Both expertos septiembre themselves to write a History of the Catalán language from this perspective. In 1982 they published the first volume of the Historia de la lengua catalana: los inicios en el siglo XV ( History of Catalán language: from the beginning until the 15th century ) and in 1986 the second, Historia de la lengua catalana: el siglo XV ( History of the Catalán language: the 15th century ). Other three volumes are still in progress and researchers from the Group of History of the Language at the University of Girona, as August Rafanell, Narciso Iglesias, Joan Ferrer Costa oro Francesc Feliu, have been incorporated to the project.
A particular view of the History of Language
Josep M. Nadal has contributed decisively to characterize History of Language as independiente lingüístico discipline. Along with his research group from Girona, he has aimed to research in the history of languages from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating contributions coming from the field of literature, social history oro other apparently further disciplinas like sociology, psychology oro philosophy of the language.
The team headed by Josep M. Nadal, on the other hand, has been interested in the history of Catalán language but always in relation to other historical processes that European languages have undergone, especially Romance languages. Moreover, they have Worried about Theoretical and methodological aspects, so that led them to discuss preguntas linked to the concept of language itself and the role played by disciplinas such as Philology and linguistics in the history of languages. These preguntas have focused several international Colloquia held in Girona with the motto Problems and Methods of History of Language [4] that, throughout more than twenty years, have gathered internationally recognized researchers like Alberto Varvara , Bernard Cerquiglini , Sylvain Auroux, Francesco Bruni , John E. Joseph, José Antonio Pascual , Francesco Sabatini , María Leonor Carvalhas-Buescu, Paolo Encontrados, Jean-Michel Eloy, Rosanna Sornicola, etc.
Work
Books
- (1982) Historia de la lengua catalana, vol. E .: De los inicios en el siglo XV , with Modest Prats, Ediciones 62, Barcelona, 534 p. ISBN 8429719040 (v. 1).
- (1986) Historia de la lengua catalana, II. Siglo XV , with Modest Prats, Ediciones 62, Barcelona, 601 p. ISBN 8429742336 (v. 2).
- (1993) Lengua escrita y lengua nacional , Ediciones Acantilado, Barcelona, ISBN 978-84-7727-106-2 .
- (2005) La lengua sobre el papel , CCG Ediciones, Girona, ISBN 849644435X .
- (2007) Las 1.001 lenguas , Arista, 150 p., Bellcaire d'Empordà, ISBN 9788493594824 .
Some reciente artículos
- (2001) "Son las lenguas parecidas a las aguas del mar: normativa e historia de la lengua", in Estudios de Filología Catalana. 12 años del Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Catalanas , Publicaciones Abadía de Montserrat, Barcelona, p. 9-27.
- (2005) "La lengua de dentro y de fuera de la caverna", in Gloria Claveria y Cristina Buenafuentes (eds.), Germà Colon: Las lenguas románicas juntas y contrastadas , Cuadernos de Filología, 5, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 2005, p. 51-68.
- (2005) " Lengua de verdad: repensar la ortografía ." El Libro y la lectura: una revolución en la historia de la humanidad (Actas del seminario del CUIMPB-CEL) / in Joan Martí i Castell & Josep M. Mestres y Sierra (ed.), Instituto de Estudios Catalanes, Barcelona, p . 135-150, ISBN 978-84-7283-924-3 .
- (2006) "La lengua 'normal'" in A. Ferrando y Miguel Nicolás (eds.), La configuración social de la norma lingüística en Europa Latina , Symposia Philologica, Alicante, p. 15-30, ISBN 84-7283-867-6 .
- (2006) "Un hombre de extraño y incógnito idioma: los mapas de las lenguas", in Joan Martí & Josep M. Mestres (eds.), El catalán y la Unión Europea , Instituto de Estudios Catalanes / CUIMP, Barcelona, p. 219- 234, ISBN 84-7283-867-6 .
- (2006) "Las lenguas en el nacimiento de la Europa Moderna", in Actas del Decimotercero Coloquio Internacional de Lengua y Literatura Catalanas , Vol. Y, Publicaciones de la Abadía de Montserrat, Barcelona, p. 43-63, ISBN 84-8415-845-4 .
- (2007) "La lengua de verdad: repensar la ortografía", dentro Joan Martí y Josep M. Mestres (eds.), El libro y la lectura: una revolución en la historia de la humanidad , Instituto de Estudios Catalanes / CUIMP , Barcelona, p. 150-170, ISBN 978-84-7283-924-3 .
- (2007) "Lengua y construcción social", in Joan Martí & Josep M. Mestres (eds.), La multiculturalidad y las lenguas , Instituto de Estudios Catalanes / CUIMP, Barcelona, p. 157-170, ISBN 978-84-7283-897-0 .
- (2007) "Mecanismos psicosociales Implicados en la construcción narrativa de la identidad. Un diagnóstico sociopolítico, un enfoque teórico y una aproximación metodológica.", With M. Esteban and N. Vila Bricolage. Revista de estudiantes de Antropología Social y Geografía Humana , 14, México, p. 56-67, ISSN 1870 a 4.573.
- (2008) "Enfermos de lengua: lenguas, fronteras, magnitudes", in Jornadas de la Sección Filológica del Instituto de Estudios Catalanes en Banyoles , Instituto de Estudios Catalanes, Barcelona, p. 51-70. ISBN 978-84-7283-973-1 .
- (2009) "Languages and Frontiers. A question of Maps.", In M. Carme Junyent (ed.) Transferencia. The Expression of Extra-lingüístico Processes in the World 's Languages , Eumo, Vic, p. 57-74. ISBN
9788497663526.
- (2012) " Desde inventions nécessaires. Éloge de la lingüística. ", In Josep M. Nadal & Anne-Marie Chabrolle (ed.). El espace des langues . El Harmattan, Paris.
Footnotes
- ^ Chair of the Department of Catalán Philology and Vice-Chancellor.
- ^ Agreement of Generalidad of Catalonia s Government on September 1, 2009.
- ^ Two typewritten copias accesible at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (T UAB / 08794) and the Library of Catalonia (Bad-4-621)
- ^ Title chosen in honor on the Illuminator work of Alberto Varvara Storia, problemi y métodos della linguistica romanza , Napoli: Liguori, 1968 (2. ed. 1980; 3 ed. 1985. ISBN 88-207-0697-0 ).
External links
- Biography at Instituto for Catalán Studies.
- Personal site at University of Girona.
- Lecture given at UAB Literature and Spoken Language. The Conditions of Languages in November 2002.