Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani

In a wide-ranging theoretical framework, principally based upon discourse analysis and the studies on language and identity, this article explores the construction of identity in a corpus of oral narratives collected among the Spanish speaking communities in Milan, by means of sociolinguistic and bi...

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Main Author: Maria Vittoria Calvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2014-06-01
Series:Altre Modernità
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/4128
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description In a wide-ranging theoretical framework, principally based upon discourse analysis and the studies on language and identity, this article explores the construction of identity in a corpus of oral narratives collected among the Spanish speaking communities in Milan, by means of sociolinguistic and biographic interviews, seen as a complex event in which both parties act as active participant-observers. The study focuses on the features of these life stories, taking into account the ways in which the immigrants compare the two worlds an collocates themselves between the two cultures, the function of code-switching, the linguistic expression of ‘agency’ (Giddens 1979) and the use of deictics.
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spellingShingle Maria Vittoria Calvi
Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
Altre Modernità
lingua e identità
narrazione orale e identità
spagnolo e italiano
migrazioni ispanoamericane
title Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
title_full Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
title_fullStr Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
title_full_unstemmed Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
title_short Lingua, memoria e identità nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
title_sort lingua memoria e identita nei racconti dei migranti ispanoamericani
topic lingua e identità
narrazione orale e identità
spagnolo e italiano
migrazioni ispanoamericane
url https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/4128
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