L'Alguer i l'alguerès

Abstract

This essay is an attempt to describe the Alguerese society in its economic, psychological and cultural aspects, thus contributing to a better understanding of the problems of the Catalan language in this Sardinian city. The author shows how difficult it is to describe the Alguerese people as an ethnic minority, and explains how the language of the Catalan conquerors has survived to the present day as a consequence of stagnant social conditions but also has become endangered in recent decades as a result of the tourism industry and the associated demographic and social upheavals.