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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I48-R154-article-82842025-05-30T21:31:04Z Prides with Buts: Testimonies from Post-Speakers of Migration Languages in Argentina Orgullos con peros: testimonios de posthablantes de lenguas de migración en la Argentina Hipperdinger, Yolanda Migrant languages Displacement Post-speakers Pride Shame lenguas migratorias desplazamiento posthablantes orgullo vergüenza 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. Enfocamos en este artículo la categoría de posthablantes, pergeñada hace medio siglo por Robert Lafont al estudiar la retracción del occitano, atendiendo a la actual propuesta de Georg Kremnitz de incluirla en estudios de desplazamiento de lenguas de migración. Lo hacemos en el caso de la inmigración masiva arribada a la Argentina entre finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, en especial la radicada en la región del sudoeste bonaerense. Específicamente, ponemos de relieve la posibilidad del sostenimiento simultáneo de sentimientos de orgullo y de vergüenza, por pertenecer a un cierto grupo migratorio y no dominar su lengua “propia”, que encontramos en testimonios contemporáneos de personas caracterizables como posthablantes. Esta vergüenza, hasta ahora no documentada, replica e invierte la de quienes han sufrido discriminación por hablar una lengua diferente de la hegemónica, y su circunscripción a un particular grupo de descendientes refrenda la pertinencia de la propuesta de Kremnitz. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2025-05-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8284 10.30972/clt.268284 Cuadernos de Literatura; No. 26 (2025): Mayo Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 26 (2025): Mayo Cuadernos de Literatura; n. 26 (2025): Mayo 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8284/7861 |
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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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