Connecting Micro and Macro Sociolinguistic Processes through Narratives. A Glottopolitical Gaze

Autor/in	Bürki, Yvette
Titel	Connecting Micro and Macro Sociolinguistic Processes through Narratives. A Glottopolitical Gaze
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41 (2020) 1, S.12-24 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2019.1621876
Schlagwörter	Latin Americans; Self Concept; Political Influences; Language Variation; Ethnic Groups; Social Systems; Ethnicity; Personal Narratives; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; German; Language Attitudes; Multilingualism; Immigration; Second Language Learning; Cubans; Friendship; English (Second Language); Citizenship; Native Speakers; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Selbstkonzept; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sprachenvielfalt; Ethnie; Social system; Soziales System; Ethnizität; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Deutscher; Sprachverhalten; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kubaner; Freundschaft; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Staatsbürgerschaft; Muttersprachler; Schweiz
Abstract	This contribution examines the linguistic perceptions and ideologies of an individual of Latin American origin, Jorge, based in the German-speaking region of Switzerland, through narratives to analyse how pre-existing normative linguistic discourses influence (linguistic) identities. Connecting the micro-level of Jorge's narrative to the macro glottopolitical level is a way of showing how languages are charged with different values and are arranged hierarchically, proving that they respond to an ideological framework in which purist ideologies of national and colonial discourses are interwoven with other discourses that reveal the influence of late capitalism. Thanks to these linguistic values, Jorge is able to position himself closer to certain ethnic groups than to others. Thus, through the languages in question -- German, Swiss German, English and French -- Jorge reveals an identity that draws him towards the German collective, distancing him not only from the Swiss German collective but also from his own Latin American collective. This also demonstrates that the Latin American ethnic category cannot be analysed as a homogeneous group, and that in order to understand the identity dynamics of this group in Switzerland we must necessarily address their own life histories. (As Provided).
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