caa a22 4500 378900633 CHVBK 20180305123517.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041029xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.169 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.169 Fernández Xulio Viejo 1. University of Oviedo. Asturian: resurgence and impeding demise of a minority language in the Iberian Peninsula [Elektronische Daten] [Xulio Viejo Fernández] Asturian is a Romance language spoken in the territory of the Principality of Asturias (Spain), nowadays in decline due to the strong pressure of Castilian. Although in the last few years some protective and linguistic planning measures have been taken, the Asturian language does not yet enjoy the official status of other Spanish languages such as Catalan, Basque, or Galician since the advent of democracy and the autonomous system in Spain. The Asturian situation is, in fact, paradoxical, since, in spite of sociological studies evincing a general support in society for official status and linguistic normalization this demand is thwarted by the averse attitude of certain political, social, and academic local élites who block, by means of their influence, any advancement in this direction. This article analyzes the historical and sociological keys of linguistic shift in Asturias exemplified by the peculiar situation of Asturian Language Teaching at the University of Oviedo, which has recently been in danger of becoming banned. © Walter de Gruyter Sociolinguistics nationallicence International Journal of the Sociology of Language Walter de Gruyter 2004/170(2004-10-29), 169-190 0165-2516 2004:170<169 2004 2004 ijsl https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fernández Xulio Viejo 1. University of Oviedo NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of the Sociology of Language Walter de Gruyter 2004/170(2004-10-29), 169-190 0165-2516 2004:170<169 2004 2004 ijsl CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter