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Synopsis

This book presents several pieces of work with the intention of exploring the sociolinguistic evolution of Donostia/San Sebastian. First, Lionel Joly Charrasse outlines the methodological model for studying the social history of languages, in particular the social history of Basque. The second chapter of the book sets out to highlight the main languages in Donostia/San Sebastian in the course of its history. In the third, Juan Madariaga Orbea, on the basis of his extensive research into the subject, describes the position of Basque in the city in the 19th century. Next, Koldo Larrañaga Elorza, after exhaustive research, presents the opinion, and above all the practice, of members of the Royal Basque Society of the Friends of the Country, the social élites of Gipuzkoa province, with regard to Basque. Then in chapter five, Olatz Altuna Zumeta and Maialen Iñarra Arregi report on the position of Basque at the beginning of the 21st century. In the final chapter, on the basis of the methodological model mentioned above, Mikel Zalbide Elustondo and Lionel Joly Charrasse explore the sociolinguistic evolution of Donostia over the last 250 years. All these pieces of work provide an overview of the sociolinguistic evolution of Donostia/San Sebastián, from both synchronic and diachronic points of view.