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Programme: accepted abstracts

Abstract ID: 131

Thematic Session (Papers belonging to this Thematic Session)

Latino social networks in the city

Authors: Marquez, Rosina; Martin Rojo, Luisa
Submitted by: Marquez, Rosina (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

The contributions to this panel investigate different aspects of social networks in urban Latino migrant communities with strong connections to their homelands and to members of similar diaspora in other major world cities. In particular they examine the role that language and linguistic ideologies play in the construction of such networks. Some of the questions addressed are:

•  What role does the native language of the members of the diaspora vis à vis the predominant/prestigious language of the city they inhabit play in the construction of social networks and social mobility for first and second generation migrants as well as for other generations which were born in the city?

•  How do members of Latino diasporas communicate with their friends and family in their homeland and with friends and family in similar diaspora in other cities?

• Are there any differences in the construction of friendship and close interpersonal ties within own nationality groups and others within the Latino diaspora?

•   Does the contact with friends and family in the homeland, in similar diaspora in other cities and within the same city diaspora help to maintain the use of Spanish or is there a preference for other languages?

• Are there any differences in the use of Spanish and other languages across different generations of Latinos and/or related to the types of jobs they have? If so, what is the relationship, if any, between these differences and the participants’ competence in Spanish and in the prestigious language(s) of the city?

• ·What type of bilingualism do different generations of Latinos and Latinos carrying out different jobs within the diaspora exhibit?

• Do they consider themselves to be native speakers of any of the languages they speak?

• How do they position themselves with respect to the prestigious language(s) of the city?

And,

•  What is understood by ‘Latino’ in the different communities and cities examined for the members of the diaspora and those outside it?

 Contributors will take an interdisciplinary approach to these broad questions, both in terms of the communicative settings examined and range of analytic frameworks deployed. The contributions include public interactional environments such as schools, shops and private environments such as the personal use of relatively new communication technologies e.g. Facebook. The analytic frameworks range from (critical) sociolinguistics, ethnography of speaking, linguistic anthropology and (interactional) pragmatics.