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An orthographic controversy in the Spanish press during the democratic six years (1868-1874). Gómez de Salazar against Bosch and Condomines

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Vol. 56 No. 2 (2021)

Abstract

The objective of this work is the historiographic study of the orthographic fixation of the Spanish language in the 19th century during the so-called democratic six years (1868-1874), a significant period regarding Spanish educational legislation, which gives teachers the freedom for the selection of school text books and seems to open a new stage for the interests of the neographers. The officiality of academic orthography is not obligatory, so we are facing a particularly propitious moment for supporters of writing reform. In spite of everything, the neographer vindications disappear from public opinion forums; there is hardly a glimpse in the thick controversy between Bosch, Condomines and Gómez de Salazar. This research will serve, from a general point of view, to evaluate the role of the pedagogical press in the whole process of fixing the orthography in Spain; from a specific point of view, it intends to expose all this controversy and carry out its study taking into account the conjunction of the internal and external perspectives of linguistic historiography, in order to try to analyze its importance within the general process of Spanish orthography fixation, as well as explain the reasons for the absence of other similar controversies in this period.

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linguistic historiography, Spanish orthography, Spanish press, 19th century, Spanish Royal Academy, neography

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Victoriano Gaviño Rodríguez, Universidad de Cádiz

Para correspondencia, dirigirse a Victoriano Gaviño Rodríguez (victoriano.gavino@uca.es), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Cádiz, Avenida Dr. Gómez Ulla s/n, 11003 Cádiz, España.

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Gaviño Rodríguez, V. (2021). An orthographic controversy in the Spanish press during the democratic six years (1868-1874). Gómez de Salazar against Bosch and Condomines. Boletín De Filología, 56(2), pp. 419–444. Retrieved from https://rej.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/65738
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