Santiago Muñoz Machado, the director of the Royal Spanish Academy and president of the Association of Spanish Language Academies (Asale), will be at the helm of the IX International Congress of the Spanish Language (CILE) which took place in Cádiz as a post-pandemic activity.
This event, focused around Spanish language and culture, brings together more than 300 speakers, as well as more than 1,000 registered attendees and multiple activities across the four days. As the president, Muñoz Machado will be presented with a number of topics such as the discussions around the adverb tilde and the risk of the growth of the language from its unity in the framework of diversity.
Moreover, the RAE will present their newly digitalized edition of the Diccionario de la lengua española, a new edition of the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts, and the edition of the Pan-Hispanic Legal Dictionary, which aims to clear out the doubts of Spanish speakers. The Cádiz Congress will also provide an outlook on artificial intelligence related language projects, undertaken not only by the academies, but also by many big technology companies.
Muñoz Machado and the academies are intent on preserving the balance between the unity and diversity of Spanish, detailing the prominence of American accents and vocabulary born from the contact and need to identify elements of nature not found in the Iberian Peninsula.
They are also looking towards the linguistic miscegenation, with papers focusing on all areas, including the relationship with English in the United States and Portuguese in Brazil, as well as their common mixed languages such as Spanglish and Portiñol.
At the Cádiz Congress, it is expected that the Mexican Academy of Language will be able to collaborate and actively participate, as they are the country with the most Spanish speakers in the world.
The International Congress of the Spanish Language is an opportunity for debate and discussion, especially regarding the language and cultures of Hispanicity, providing a great insight into the Spanish language and its relevance.
About the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE)
The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE by its acronym in Spanish) is an institution responsible for the regulation of the Spanish language. Founded in 1713, it is headquartered in Madrid and the academy is composed of forty-five academicians, who develop their activities without renouncing their respective idealisms, under the principles of collaboration and coexistence. RAE is universally recognized as the highest authority in the field of Spanish language and culture.
About Santiago Muñoz Machado
Santiago Muñoz Machado is a linguist, writer, and professor from Galicia, Spain. In March 2021, he was named President of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (ASALE) and Director of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). As both, Santiago collaborates with international organizations, universities and research centers in developing projects related to the Spanish language. Throughout his career, Santiago has been a frequent contributor to research centers, magazines and newspapers, in addition to being a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. He has published extensively in a number of famous magazines and books on language, literature and culture.
