The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration

The Afrikaans language arrives in Argentinian Patagonia with the Afrikaner migrants that come from South Africa in 1902. More than a century later, there are still speakers of the language in Patagonia. The present article purports to explore the conservation of Afrikaans and the glottopolitical ini...

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spelling I10-R346-article-395352022-11-29T16:32:19Z The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration El caso del afrikáans en la Patagonia: una exploración glotopolítica Raspa, Jonathan afrikáans bóeres representaciones sociolingüísticas acciones glotopolíticas Patagonia argentina Afrikaans Afrikaners sociolinguistic representations glotopolitical actions Argentinian Patagonia The Afrikaans language arrives in Argentinian Patagonia with the Afrikaner migrants that come from South Africa in 1902. More than a century later, there are still speakers of the language in Patagonia. The present article purports to explore the conservation of Afrikaans and the glottopolitical initiatives introduced regarding its conservation or its prohibition. From the collected data, it is possible to infer that the Afrikaners succeeded in maintaining their language to a great extent throughout time. This seems to stem from the migrants’ glottopolitical actions —which in turn derive from their positive sociolinguistic representations of the language—, the geographical isolation of their communities, and the Argentinian political project that facilitated their settlement without linguistic prohibitions. La lengua afrikáans llega a la Patagonia argentina con los migrantes bóeres que arriban desde Sudáfrica en 1902. Más de una centuria después, aún existen hablantes del idioma en la Patagonia. En este trabajo se propone explorar la conservación del afrikáans, y las iniciativas glotopolíticas implementadas en función de su conservación o de su prohibición. A partir de los datos, es posible deducir que los bóeres han logrado conservar su lengua en gran medida a lo largo del tiempo. Esto parece responder a las acciones glotopolíticas de los grupos de migrantes —producto de representaciones sociolingüísticas positivas sobre la lengua—, al aislamiento con respecto a otras comunidades, y al proyecto político argentino que facilitó su establecimiento sin prohibiciones lingüísticas.  Facultad de Lenguas 2022-11-29 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RDPL/article/view/39535 Revista Digital de Políticas Lingüísticas (RDPL); Núm. 16 (2022) 1853-3256 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RDPL/article/view/39535/39533 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RDPL/article/view/39535/39534 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic afrikáans
bóeres
representaciones sociolingüísticas
acciones glotopolíticas
Patagonia argentina
Afrikaans
Afrikaners
sociolinguistic representations
glotopolitical actions
Argentinian Patagonia
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bóeres
representaciones sociolingüísticas
acciones glotopolíticas
Patagonia argentina
Afrikaans
Afrikaners
sociolinguistic representations
glotopolitical actions
Argentinian Patagonia
Raspa, Jonathan
The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
topic_facet afrikáans
bóeres
representaciones sociolingüísticas
acciones glotopolíticas
Patagonia argentina
Afrikaans
Afrikaners
sociolinguistic representations
glotopolitical actions
Argentinian Patagonia
author Raspa, Jonathan
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title The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
title_short The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
title_full The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
title_fullStr The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
title_full_unstemmed The Case of Afrikáans in Patagonia: A Glotopolitical Exploration
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description The Afrikaans language arrives in Argentinian Patagonia with the Afrikaner migrants that come from South Africa in 1902. More than a century later, there are still speakers of the language in Patagonia. The present article purports to explore the conservation of Afrikaans and the glottopolitical initiatives introduced regarding its conservation or its prohibition. From the collected data, it is possible to infer that the Afrikaners succeeded in maintaining their language to a great extent throughout time. This seems to stem from the migrants’ glottopolitical actions —which in turn derive from their positive sociolinguistic representations of the language—, the geographical isolation of their communities, and the Argentinian political project that facilitated their settlement without linguistic prohibitions.
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