The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |

In this article we analyze the role which the youth could play in the revitalization and strengthening of a minority language in Costa Rica, namely, Limonese Creole (LC). This minority language is a clearly debilitated language as a result of socio-political processes and, despite efforts by various...

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Autor principal: Vásquez Carranza, Luz Marina
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Anales de Lingüística 2021
Materias:
lenguas minoritarias
criollo limonense
revitalización lingüística
juventud y procesos de revitalización lingüística
minority languages
Limonese Creole
language revitalization
youth and language revitalization processes
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/analeslinguistica/article/view/5519
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topic lenguas minoritarias
criollo limonense
revitalización lingüística
juventud y procesos de revitalización lingüística
minority languages
Limonese Creole
language revitalization
youth and language revitalization processes
spellingShingle lenguas minoritarias
criollo limonense
revitalización lingüística
juventud y procesos de revitalización lingüística
minority languages
Limonese Creole
language revitalization
youth and language revitalization processes
Vásquez Carranza, Luz Marina
The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
topic_facet lenguas minoritarias
criollo limonense
revitalización lingüística
juventud y procesos de revitalización lingüística
minority languages
Limonese Creole
language revitalization
youth and language revitalization processes
author Vásquez Carranza, Luz Marina
author_facet Vásquez Carranza, Luz Marina
author_sort Vásquez Carranza, Luz Marina
title The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
title_short The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
title_full The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
title_fullStr The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
title_full_unstemmed The role of youth in maintaining minority languages: The case of limonese creole in Costa Rica |
title_sort role of youth in maintaining minority languages: the case of limonese creole in costa rica |
description In this article we analyze the role which the youth could play in the revitalization and strengthening of a minority language in Costa Rica, namely, Limonese Creole (LC). This minority language is a clearly debilitated language as a result of socio-political processes and, despite efforts by various sectors to guarantee its legitimacy, it is still not considered a regional nor a national language and it is not included in school curricula. This article describes the experience, with a group of 18 Afro-Limonese youngsters ages 13 to 22 who provide opinions about their LC through focus groups. By and large, they speak LC, though they admit that it is being replaced by the dominant language. The say they use LC mainly in contexts in which they wish to show a sense of belonging and identity among Afro Limonese peers, to interact with close relatives as well as with Afro friends and to exclude non-Afro peers. They speak LC inside as well as outside their communities to feel part of a group. Participants argue that their parents used to only speak to them in LC but in the last decades they do it in Spanish. Nonetheless, they believe that the youth could and should contribute to strengthening their language as it is part of their identity. These young adults propose a series of measures through which they can contribute to strengthening LC mainly within their families and communities.
publisher Anales de Lingüística
publishDate 2021
url https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/analeslinguistica/article/view/5519
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