Language and Identity Construction on the French Guiana-Suriname Border

Autor/inn/en	Léglise, Isabelle; Migge, Bettina
Titel	Language and Identity Construction on the French Guiana-Suriname Border
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 18 (2021) 1, S.90-104 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Léglise, Isabelle) ORCID (Migge, Bettina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2019.1633332
Schlagwörter	Geographic Location; Ethnography; Language Usage; Language Attitudes; Self Concept; Population Groups; Migration Patterns; Urban Areas; Multilingualism; Intercultural Communication; Sociolinguistics; Foreign Countries; Indo European Languages; American Indian Languages; Creoles; Portuguese; English; Chinese; French; Official Languages; Indonesian Languages; Sino Tibetan Languages; Language Variation; Native Language; School Surveys; Ethnic Groups; Language Planning; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Surinam; French Guiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Urban area; Stadtregion; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Soziolinguistik; Ausland; Indoeuropäisch; Kreole; Portugiesischunterricht; English language; Englisch; China; Chinesen; Französisch; Office language; Amtssprache; Indonesisch; Sprachenvielfalt; Ethnie; Sprachwechsel; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Französisch-Guayana
Abstract	On the French Guiana-Suriname border, a hybrid space, members of the same population groups engage in circular mobility but little is known about the practices of these transnational communities. We explore how traditional emic social distinctions, modern states' language ideologies and emerging discourses in the urban context shape Maroon's practices and identities in the border zone. A survey of language repertoires and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, including recordings of situated multilingual interactions, allow us to explore people's alignment with national language ideologies and the nature of distinctive ideologies, identifications and practices that can be observed in the border zone. We show that the border zone constitutes a separate sociolinguistic area, in terms of both language use and ideologies. However, similarities do not preclude sharp differences at other levels because multiple identifications co-exist. The findings support a layered and dynamic perspective of identity and illustrate how contradictory perspectives simultaneously overlap on one or several scales. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01