Academy of the Asturian Language
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The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana or Academy of the Asturian Language (ALLA) is an organization that promotes and regulates the Asturian language
, a language of the Spanish
autonomous community of Asturias
. Among its principal objectives are investigating and normalizing the Asturian Language, developing a dictionary, promoting its use and education and awarding literary prizes. It has 21 full members, 19 foreign members and 15 honorary members, and its current (as of 2006) president is Ana Cano.
and Carlos González de Posada talk in their letters about the idea of creating it in 1791. Jovellanos' project, however, was aborted because of his imprisonment in Majorca.
In 1920s the Real Academia Asturiana de las Artes y las Letras (Royal Academy of Asturian Arts and Letters) was created by some intellectuals, including José Antonio García Peláez (Pin de Pría). It was divided in four sections and its principal objectives were to create an Asturian dictionary and grammar and to publish a magazine. Other sections were dedicated to promoting Asturian literature, theatre and music.
But it was from 1980 when the Asturian pre-autonomous government, the Consejo Regional, approved the creation of the ALLA, founded the 15th of December of the same year. Xosé Lluis García Arias was its first president from that moment until 2001 when Ana Cano took over from him.
The ALLA publish also:
It also works as an editorial house, with book collections, such as:
It also organized every year the Dia de les lletres asturianes (Day of Asturian Letters) since 1982, on the first Friday of May.
Asturian language
Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the Spanish Region of Asturias by the Asturian people...
, a language of the Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
autonomous community of Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
. Among its principal objectives are investigating and normalizing the Asturian Language, developing a dictionary, promoting its use and education and awarding literary prizes. It has 21 full members, 19 foreign members and 15 honorary members, and its current (as of 2006) president is Ana Cano.
History
ALLA first notice appears in the 18th century, when Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosGaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was an Asturian-born Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain.-Life:...
and Carlos González de Posada talk in their letters about the idea of creating it in 1791. Jovellanos' project, however, was aborted because of his imprisonment in Majorca.
In 1920s the Real Academia Asturiana de las Artes y las Letras (Royal Academy of Asturian Arts and Letters) was created by some intellectuals, including José Antonio García Peláez (Pin de Pría). It was divided in four sections and its principal objectives were to create an Asturian dictionary and grammar and to publish a magazine. Other sections were dedicated to promoting Asturian literature, theatre and music.
But it was from 1980 when the Asturian pre-autonomous government, the Consejo Regional, approved the creation of the ALLA, founded the 15th of December of the same year. Xosé Lluis García Arias was its first president from that moment until 2001 when Ana Cano took over from him.
Works
In 1981 the Normes Ortográfiques y Conxugación de Verbos (Orthographic Norms and Verb Conjugation), the first academic work, was published. Other publications followed, such as the Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana (Asturian Language Grammar) in 1998 and the Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana (Asturian Language Dictionary) in 2000, also known as «DALLA».The ALLA publish also:
- a bulletin with literary and linguistic studies about the Asturian language, called Lletres Asturianes (Asturian Letters) http://www.academiadelallingua.com/comun.php?seccion=lletres,
- and another one with anthropological studies about Asturias: Cultures.
It also works as an editorial house, with book collections, such as:
- Escolín (Student, children literature),
- Llibrería facsimilar (Facsimile library),
- Cartafueyos de lliteratura escaecida (Notes on forgotten literature, ancient works in Asturian Language),
- Llibrería llingüística (Linguistic Library, linguistic studies) http://www.academiadelallingua.com/comun.php?seccion=publicaciones&id_p=00000004,
- or Llibrería académica (Academical library, literature).
It also organized every year the Dia de les lletres asturianes (Day of Asturian Letters) since 1982, on the first Friday of May.
List of members
As of 2008, this is the complete list of members of the Academy of Asturian LanguageFull members
- Genaro Alonso Megido
- Lluis Xabel Álvarez Fernández
- Ramón d'Andrés Díaz
- Emilio Barriuso Fernández
- Xosé Bolado García
- Ana María Cano González
- Javier Fernández Conde
- Xosé Lluis García Arias
- Vicente García Oliva
- Manuel AsurManuel AsurManuel Asur is a Spanish essayist and poet in Asturian. He's considered to be one of the first modern poets in this language. He has a Ph.D degree in Philosophy...
González García - Xosé Antón González Riaño
- Roberto González-Quevedo González
- Xosé Ramón Iglesias Cueva
- Carlos Lastra López
- Francisco José Llera Ramo
- Pablo Xuan Manzano Rodríguez
- Josefina Martínez Álvarez
- Miguel Ramos Corrada
- Urbano Rodríguez Vázquez
- Carlos Rubiera Tuya
- Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente
- Isabel Torrente Fernández
- Mª Josefa Canellada Llavona (†)
- Lorenzo Novo Mier (†)
Foreign members
- Lourdes Álvarez García
- Xuan BelloXuan BelloXuan Bello Fernán is a poet and one of the best known contemporary Asturian writers.-Poetry:In 1982, at barely 16 years old, he published his first book of poems in Asturian, Nel cuartu mariellu...
Fernán - Xurde Blanco Puente
- Adolfo Camilo DíazAdolfo Camilo DíazAdolfo Camilo Díaz López is a Spanish writer in asturian language. He is specially known as a playwright and author of short novels...
López - José Antonio Fernández Vior
- Félix Ferreiro Currás
- Xosé Ignaciu Fonseca Alonso
- Ernesto García del Castillo
- Corsino García Gutiérrez
- Mª Esther García López
- Xulio Llaneza Fernández
- Alfonso Martín Caso
- Próspero Morán López
- Marta Mori de Arriba
- Felipe Prieto García
- David M. Rivas Infante
- Vicente Rodríguez Hevia
- Miguel Solís Santos
- Juan Carlos Villaverde Amieva
- Xosé Álvarez Fernández (†)
- Manuel d'Andrés Fernández (†)
- Andrés Solar Santurio (†)
Honorary members
- José Aurelio Álvarez Fernández
- The President of the Coleutivu Manuel Fernández de Castro
- The President of EuskaltzaindiaEuskaltzaindiaEuskaltzaindia is the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language. It carries out research on the language, seeks to protect it, and establishes standards of use...
- James W. Fernández McClintock
- Xulián Fernández Montes
- Raimundo Fernández Rodríguez
- Manuel García-Galano
- Michael Metzeltin
- The President of the Institut d'Estudis CatalansInstitut d'Estudis CatalansThe Institut d'Estudis Catalans , also known by the acronym IEC, is an academic institution which seeks to undertake research and study into "all elements of Catalan culture"....
- Jesús Landeira
- Júlio Meirinhos
- Celso Muñiz
- The President of the Real Academia EspañolaReal Academia EspañolaThe Royal Spanish Academy is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies...
- The President of the Real Academia GalegaReal Academia GalegaThe Royal Galician Academy is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The current president is...
- Emilio Alarcos Llorach (†)
- Álvaro Galmés de Fuentes (†)
- Joaquín Manzanares Rodríguez-Mir (†)
- José Luis Pensado Tomé (†)
- Alonso Zamora Vicente (†)
Reference publications
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (1993). Normes Ortográfiques y Conxugación de Verbos (4th ed.) . ALLA ISBN 84-86936-95-0
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (1999). Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana (2nd ed.). ALLA ISBN 84-8168-160-1
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana. ALLA ISBN 84-8168-208-X