Llemosinisme i antillemosinisme en gramàtiques i diccionaris catalans del segle XIX

Abstract

[eng] This paper studies the position of some Catalan grammars and dictionaries of the 19th century regarding the relation between Catalan and Occitan, and specifically the ideology that supports the idea that both Catalan and Occitan are or were the same language. This ideology has been called Limousinism (“llemosinisme”). We may distinguish four ideological positions. First, the so-called onomastic and traditional limousinism. Second, the strict limousinism, i.e., the conviction that Catalan and Occitan are the same language and have a common origin. Third, the use of limousinism to defend linguistic secessionism. Fourth, the rejection of Limousinism and the unity between Catalan and Occitan. The article demonstrates that all these positions have a glottopolitical as well as a linguistic motivation, and that antilimousinism is the dominant ideology in Catalonia, whereas in the other Catalan speaking areas, limousinist positions are more common.