After the latest data was releasedSurvey of Linguistic Uses of the Population It is clear that the Catalan language's recovery must involve providing it with clear rules for its use. I am not referring, of course, to grammatical rules, but to political rules. The most important would be to make its knowledge as mandatory as Spanish. To live and work in Catalonia, it is necessary to know Catalan.

Joan Pujolar, professor of sociolinguistics at the UOC (Olot, 1964), is one of the leading specialists in the construction of identity through language. In recent years, he has focused his research on new Catalan speakers: who they are, how they change languages, why, and what recognition they receive from the community. On Saturday, October 25, he will participate in the seminar Semicircles organized by the Platform for Language with a timely presentation on Catalan, immigration and social cohesion.