POLOK, CO NIE GODO PO POLSKU, TO GŁUPI POLOK. PRAKTYKI I IDEOLOGIE JĘZYKOWE POTOMKÓW POLAKÓW W POŁUDNIOWOBRAZYLIJSKIEJ WSI
A POLE WHO DOES NOT SPEAK POLISH IS A STUPID POLE. LANGUAGE PRACTICES AND IDEOLOGIES OF POLISH DESCENDANTS IN THE SOUTH BRAZILIAN COUNTRYSIDE
Author(s): Karolina Bielenin-LenczowskaSubject(s): Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: language practices; language ideologies; heritage language; ethnography; linguistic anthropology; Polish diaspora; Brasil;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is an analysis of linguistic practices and ideologies of the descendants of the Polish migrants who came to the south of Brazil in the late 19th century. They were peasants, farmers, mostly illiterate, originating from various areas of the then Polish Kingdom and Eastern Galicia. On the basis of materials from ethnographic field research conducted in 2015–2021 in one of the villages in the state of Paraná, I try to answer the questions of what Polish language is for Brazilians of Polish origin, how it is used, valued and passed down from generation to generation. In my analysis, I use key concepts from linguistic anthropology – linguistic practices and ideologies that I place in the context of historical and contemporary language policies in Brazil.
Journal: LUD
- Issue Year: 106/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-74
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish