Soziolinguistika Klusterra

SL klusterra

Introduction

Welcome to the Soziolinguistika Klusterra (Sociolinguistics Cluster) web page! Here you will find general information about the nature of this organisation and about its projects. In it you will find information about the first steps of the Soziolinguistika Klusterra (Sociolinguistics Cluster), its make-up and mission as well as useful information for anyone who wishes to participate.

The Soziolinguistika Klusterra has been set up to respond with a new dynamic to the needs and deficiencies we have in the research, diffusion and application of sociolinguistic knowledge. It will run projects to make data, methodologies and other materials from the applied science field available to private, public or social organisations and groups involved in the language normalisation process in the Basque Country. The aim is to improve the knowledge about the way of working and, in turn, the results of efforts to normalise the Basque language.

Presentation

 Why was it set up?

The Sociolinguistics Cluster has been set up to respond with a new dynamic to the needs and deficiencies we have in the research, diffusion and application of sociolinguistic knowledge. It will run projects to make data, methodologies and other materials from the applied science field available to private, public or social organisations and groups involved in the language normalisation process in the Basque Country. The aim is to improve the knowledge about the way of working and, in turn, the results of efforts to normalise the Basque language.

Where did it originate?

The first steps in this project began with reflections on an idea put forward by Dr. Erramun Baxok on his return from Quebec: that it would be appropriate to set up a centre similar to the ICRB (International Center for Research on Bilingualism) in our country.

In November 2000 the “Euskal Soziolinguistika Institutua Sortzen” SYMPOSIUM was held in Gasteiz (Vitoria) to set up a Basque Institute of Sociolinguistics. In it a broad-based group of officers and experts in the field concurred with that diagnosis, and this led to cooperation among a number of organisations (Cooperation Protocol I and II), which was later specified and added to.

 

Participation

Who can be a member of the Sociolinguistics Cluster?

The Sociolinguistics Cluster is aimed at all agents in the field and all kinds of agents can participate in it: companies, universities, public institutions, associations as well as individuals. In order to participate in the Cluster, it is necessary to be a member and to fulfil the obligations laid down in its regulations (members pay an annual fee that varies according to the type of institution). The Sociolinguistics Cluster offers its services mainly to its members. It also works for institutions that are not members and on the whole makes the information and products created publicly available.