by Jesús Tusón · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499300849
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«Mal de llengües» is Jesús Tusón's essay on linguistic prejudices, published by labutxaca in 2010 in paperback (160 pages, in Catalan).
Jesús Tusón denounces the prejudices that lead to disparaging some languages and champions freedom of expression in all. Languages, he argues, are fragile: if not cared for, they can disappear along with an essential part of memory. No language is aggressive by nature; conflicts arise when power turns them into a banner.
The work was originally published in 1988. Jesús Tusón (València, 1939) was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Barcelona for four decades.
A work for those who wish to reflect on linguistic diversity, the prejudices surrounding languages, and their value as collective heritage.
