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The Phonology of Catalan
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 198.99This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Approaching the subject a pragmatic version of orthodox Optimality Theory it describes the Spanish and French dialects of Catalan and the social and stylistic variations within them. This is likely to be the standard account of its subject for many years. - ;This is the most... more...
The Pragmatics of Catalan
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 140.00This book aims to disseminate at an international level a set of innovative studies whose descriptive and applied point of reference is the Catalan language. The volume constitutes a significant contribution to the field of intercultural pragmatics and also to a broad range of grammatical and cognitive issues which have been approached from the pragmatic... more...
Sergi Belbel and Catalan Theatre
Boydell & Brewer 2010; US$ 90.00This study examines Sergi Belbel as playwright, director [and translator] of plays from many lands, and Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Catalonia. It looks too at the film adaptations of his work by Ventura Pons, and concludes with an analysis of the reception of his plays at home and abroad. more...
Literature as a Response to Cultural and Political Repression in Franco's Catalonia
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 99.00This book is a thoroughly researched and documented study of Catalan literature under the Franco regime. The author focuses on four important post-Civil War novels: 'Incerta glória' by Joan Sales, 'El Testament' by Xavier Benguerel, 'Laia' by Salvador Espriu, and 'Tino Costa' by Sebastià Juan Arbó. It... more...
The Poetry of Salvador Espriu
Boydell & Brewer 2006; US$ 90.00The first book-length study in English of the poetry of Salvador Espriu [1913-85]. more...
Jugendsprache in Barcelona und ihre Darstellung in den Kommunikationsmedien
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 126.00Youth media present socio-cultural tendencies which young people reflect in their language and thus often set linguistic trends. Or does it work the other way round? In either case, there is a close connection between youth culture and youth language, which in Catalonia is heightened by the encounter between two languages and cultures, Spanish and... more...





