Non-sexist Spanish policies: an attempt bound to fail?

Mercedes Bengoechea ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Alcalá
  
  Universidad de Alcalá
  
  Alcalá de Henares, España
Localización: Current issues in language planning, ISSN 1466-4208, Vol. 12, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 35-53
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- My aim in this paper is to analyse Spanish non-sexist language reform from a language-planning perspective. Supportive of the intent of the official policy, I will first criticize it for its failure to analyze the conditions in which it is to be implemented and for the lack of provision for its implementation. I will also show the tensions between two different types of policies carried out within the State – in favour of non-sexist language but, simultaneously, in favour of complying with la Academia Española [‘the Spanish Academy’], which opposes it. I then will discuss likely reasons why, in spite of the aforementioned failures, non-sexist language policy and planning in Spain have achieved relative success, as manifested in verbal usage and in attitudes.