Author, as appears in the article.: Alarcon Alarcon, Amado; Serrano Alonso, Maria de los Angeles; Heyman, Josiah
Department: Gestió d'Empreses
URV's Author/s: Alarcón Alarcón, Amado / SERRANO ALFONSO, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES
Keywords: Sociohistorical study Professional classification Language skills Estudio sociohistorico Competencias linguisticas Clasificacion profesional
Abstract: This article analyses the role of linguistic skills in the process of defining professional classifications in Spain during 1919-1980. The aim is to determine the social evaluation of the skills involved. To retrace the classifications, a total of 114 official documents were examined, establishing a chronological division into three major stages: 1920-1940, 1940-1960 and 1960-1980. The first period (1920-1940) shows efforts toward the initial objectification of working conditions and salary scales, revealing social prejudices and tacit conventions shaping the employment hierarchy, while the second one (1940-1960) indicates the extent to which office work stood out over manual work. Finally, the third stage (1960-1980) shows processes of language rationalisation, which entailed attempts to standardise positions based on required skill sets.
Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Psychology Philosophy Linguistics and language Linguistics Letras / linguística Language and linguistics History and philosophy of science Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Applied linguistics
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: amado.alarcon@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-4640-2681
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Papper original source: Journal Of Sociolinguistics. 27 (2): 115-135
APA: Alarcon Alarcon, Amado; Serrano Alonso, Maria de los Angeles; Heyman, Josiah (2023). Language in the process of labour market rationalisation: A sociohistorical approach across twentieth-century Spain. Journal Of Sociolinguistics, 27(2), 115-135. DOI: 10.1111/josl.12587
Article's DOI: 10.1111/josl.12587
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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