Identity and Language in Southern Brazil Bohemian - Hunsruck and Portuguese in Contact
Prediger A, Habermann M (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 88
Pages Range: 191-220
Journal Issue: 1-2
Abstract
The article deals with the "new" self-image of the German-Brazilians as becomes apparent in interviews in three Bohemian-speaking places in Southern Brazil. The identity of the descendants of Bohemian immigrants as constructed in the semi-structured interviews is primarily based on the identity repertoire of the past. The common language serves their new identity by separating the past from the present and helping to differentiate the language area of Bohemian from that of other contact varieties and Portuguese. The new, "hybrid" identity is constructed within the discourse, in that the speakers use object-language, metalinguistic and discursive means to consolidate their identity.
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APA:
Prediger, A., & Habermann, M. (2021). Identity and Language in Southern Brazil Bohemian - Hunsruck and Portuguese in Contact. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik, 88(1-2), 191-220. https://dx.doi.org/10.25162/ZDL-2021-0009
MLA:
Prediger, Angelica, and Mechthild Habermann. "Identity and Language in Southern Brazil Bohemian - Hunsruck and Portuguese in Contact." Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 88.1-2 (2021): 191-220.
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