The Intricacy of Languages

In the paper we will do a little history of the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, a Valencian normative institution created in 2001 by a consensus of the main Valencian parties with the Valencian universities and with the particularistic institutions. We will explain our experience as coordinator of the DNV: elaboration criteria, difficulties in achieving consensus; structure of the work; main contributions to the normative lexicography. We will deal with the reception of the DNV as a tool for