Redefining Forro as a Marker of Identity: Language Contact as a Driving Force for Language Maintenance among Santomeans in Portugal

Autor/in	Bouchard, Marie-Eve
Titel	Redefining Forro as a Marker of Identity: Language Contact as a Driving Force for Language Maintenance among Santomeans in Portugal
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 41 (2022) 1, S.85-104 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bouchard, Marie-Eve)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2020-0082
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Portuguese; Creoles; Language Skill Attrition; Language Attitudes; Self Concept; Native Language; Second Language Learning; Attitude Change; Language Role; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Commercialization; Power Structure; Diachronic Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Immigrants; Sao Tome e Principe; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Portugiesischunterricht; Kreole; Sprachverfall; Sprachverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Soziolinguistik; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	In São Tomé and Príncipe, the language shift toward Portuguese is resulting in the endangerment of the native creoles of the island. These languages have been considered of low value in Santomean society since the mid-twentieth century. But when Santomeans are members of a diaspora, their perceptions of these languages, especially Forro, change in terms of value and identity-marking. It is possible to observe such changes among the Santomeans who learn Forro when they are abroad, who use it as an in-group code, and start to value it more. In this article, I address the role of language contact in the maintenance and expansion of Forro. I investigate the mechanisms of language maintenance by focusing on the shifts in community members' attitudes and beliefs regarding their languages, as a result of contact. The changing attitudes and beliefs have led to a redefinition of the role of Forro in the speech community. This qualitative study is based on semistructured interviews conducted on São Tomé Island and in Portugal. Findings suggest that the change in value attributed to Forro by Santomeans as a result of contact contribute to the valorization of the language. (As Provided).
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