Treasures of Catalonia · The Language
Presentation
Treasures of Catalonia. The Language is a large-format volume that traces the vital journey of the Catalan language, a priceless treasure.
Through 82 articles, the work explains, in an original, rigorous, entertaining, and engaging way, the main moments in the history of our language, the most prominent figures (grammarians, poets, novelists), the normative works, the dialectal varieties, and various aspects of its social presence.
With large-format illustrations, the book offers a comprehensive approach to the language and linguistic heritage of an entire people, of which it is the main identifying and symbolic feature. From the Homilies d’Organyà to diacritics, everything you need to know about our language!
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Examples of articles
- Pompeu Fabra, the orderly wisdom
- Joan Coromines, the great man of the ‘xiruca’
- Dialectal varieties, a rich and complete map
- The Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dictionary, cartography of a language
- Curial and Tirant, human superheroes
- Verdaguer and Maragall, beyond literary creation
- Mercè Rodoreda, the power of style
- Josep Pla, the precise graphomaniac
- Espriu, Martí i Pol, Andrés Estellés, poetry for everyone
- The impulse of the Mancomunitat
- The Rosa Sensat Teachers’ School and pedagogical renewal
- The Nova Cançó: Els Setze Jutges and the Grup de Folk
- The Norma campaign, a popular success
- Barça: Puyal and ten others
- Wikipedia and the .cat domain
Technical Specifications
- Size: 28.5 cm x 38 cm
- 272 pages
- Hardcover, cloth-bound with magnetic closure
- 450 photographs
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