2. Bilingualism, identity and citizenship in the Basque Country

María-José Azurmendi · Nekane Larrañaga Aizpuru · Jokin Apalategi Begiristain

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Basque language and culture studies Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Multilingual Education and Policy

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This chapter deals with the current situation of bilingualism in Euskal Herria (the Basque Country), being brought about by a process to revive the Basque language and culture. This situation manifests itself differently in each of the Basque Country’s three political-administrative territories: the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC) and the Charter Community of Navarre (Navarre) in Spain, and Iparralde (the Basque territories) in France, largely due to the different institutional language policies applied. Interdependence among different processes is shown: re-Basquization and bilingualization, ethnolinguistic identity (linguistic and cultural), acculturation strategies and the psychosocial construction of citizenship and Basque nationalism. The Basque case is of great interest because it presents a dynamic, changing scenario, ideal for studying all the questions raised. It also has far-reaching implications for language and identity in general and in particular in the Spanish-contact contexts. The Basque case highlights nicely the complex and multifarious nature of constructing, performing and negotiating identity at the societal and individual levels.

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