Romero-Díaz, NievesSaltzman, MeganLloret, AlbertCastro, EstherBarber, Gabrielle2023-07-142023-07-142023-07-14http://hdl.handle.net/10166/6459This thesis explores the process of El Pacte Nacional per la Llengua (henceforth: PNPL), a contemporary initiative in Catalonia, Spain by the Generalitat of Catalonia, its Department of Culture and its Secretariat for Language Policy, to improve the linguistic situation of Catalan, in terms of its use and the population’s competency. The PNPL, which was mandated by a 2021 resolution of the Catalonian Parliament, has sought to study the current linguistic situation through a sociolinguistic report, to inform both citizens and organizations of its findings and efforts, and to encourage widespread participation in the process. Besides justifying a glottopolitical study of the PNPL, describing the process, documenting the materials it has produced, and contextualizing it historically, this thesis addresses the way in which the sociolinguistic report talks about language, drawing on Riera Gil (2013) and Woolard (2016 & 2018) to consider the PNPL alongside the concept of common language and the ideology of linguistic anonymity. The thesis ends with a consideration of how the sociolinguistic report views the juridical framework which pertains to Catalan, dialoguing with the overarching perspective of this thesis, glottopolitics, as well as theories regarding language rights.esGlottopoliticsLinguistic RightsCataloniaSpainLanguage PolicyLanguage Planningglotopolíticaderechos lingüísticospolítica lingüísticaplanificación lingüísticalinguistic nationalismnacionalismo lingüísticoEl Pacte Nacional per la LlenguaLinguistic anonymityEl Pacto Nacional por la LenguaThe National Agreement for LanguageThesisrestricted