Sociolingüística catalana. Primavera 2002 Language Attitudes and Loyalties in the Valencian Country

This article provides a brief explanation of our line of research into language attitudes and loyalties in the Valencian Country and the elements of its social structure. We are also looking at the structural relationships between loyalties and variables of social structure in the Valencian Country and, using scientific means, creating a guide map to indicate the social dependence of each loyalty. Thus, the aim of language policy may vary, depending on the dimension that we want to promote. However, for reasons of space, we will limit ourselves here to presenting the composition of our measuring tools and their frequency in the linguistic context of the Valencian Country, in both urban areas and the country as a whole. 1. Language policy planning The language policy of the Valencian Country began, as in other Autonomous Communities, with the approval of the Act on the Use and Teaching of Valencian in 1983, which promoted the use of Valencian and the standardisation of the language. Political intervention in language must use certain parameters and measuring tools to help evaluate the actions carried out by public organisations in this field, and it must make use of analyses in order t