Prides with Buts: Testimonies from Post-Speakers of Migration Languages in Argentina
In this article, we focus on the category of post-speakers, devised half a century ago by Robert Lafont when studying the decline of Occitan, taking into account the current proposal by Georg Kremnitz to include it in studies of the displacement of migration languages. We do so in the case of the ma...
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Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8284 |
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| Sumario: | In this article, we focus on the category of post-speakers, devised half a century ago by Robert Lafont when studying the decline of Occitan, taking into account the current proposal by Georg Kremnitz to include it in studies of the displacement of migration languages. We do so in the case of the mass immigration that arrived in Argentina between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, especially those rooted in the region known as Buenos Aires Southwest. Specifically, we highlight the possibility of simultaneously sustaining feelings of pride and shame, for belonging to a certain migratory group and not mastering their “own” language, which we found in contemporary testimonies of people who can be characterized as post-speakers. This shame, hitherto undocumented, replicates and reverses that of those who have suffered discrimination regarding speaking a language other than the hegemonic one, and their circumscription to a particular group of descendants confirms the relevance of Kremnitz’s proposal. |
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