English and Galician in the Middle Ages - Publicaciones ...

Revista Estudios Ingleses 17 (2004)
and French-, and the feeling of nationalism and defence of
vernacular cultural values, stressed by a triumphant middle
group in England though non-existent in Galicia have made
both tongues reach different ends stemming from similar situations
in origin. In the end, English emerged and developed
through history as other national languages did, while Galician
fell into decay. Though nineteenth-century regionalist movements
exerted a considerable infl uence on its re-emergence
(O Rexurdimento), it was not until the late 1970s that Galician
was recognised institutionally, appearing as one of the three
co-offi cial languages, together with Spanish, in the country’s
Constitution.
Works Cited
Álvarez Cáccamo, Celso (1983): “Cara a unha caracterización da
diglósia galega, historia e presente dunha dominación lingüística”.
Grial 79: 23-42.
Baugh, Albert C. and Cable, Thomas (2002/1959): A History of the
English Language. London: Routledge.
Berndt, Rolf (1969): “The Linguistic Situation in England from the Norman
Conquest to the Loss of Normandy [1066-1204]”. In R. Lass,
ed., Approaches to English Historical Linguistics. An Anthology.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 369-391.
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