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Abstract ID: 202

Part of Session 160: Languages in contact in Brazil (Other abstracts in this session)

The Germanic languages in Juiz de Fora/Brazil: a sociolinguistic work highlighting the linguistic contact, changes and loss

Authors: Salgado, Ana Claudia Peters (01); Soares, Mariana Schuchter (02)
Submitted by: Salgado, Ana Claudia Peters (Federal University of Juiz de Fora/Brazil, Brazil)

The aim of this work is to deal with the questions related to the changes and loss of the Germanic languages in the city of Juiz de Fora, located in the Southeastern part of Brazil. As referred to by the literature (OLIVEIRA, 1953; STEHLING, 1979; OLIVEIRA, 1994; BORGES, 2000; ESTEVES, 2008) the migration flux of Germanic peoples to this city was as large as those ones directed to other parts of the country where we can still find the languages or marks of some cultures and dialects (BORSTEL, 2011; PEREIRA, 2005). It is relevant to consider that there are already some studies about “German” immigration in Juiz de Fora. Although these studies were focused only on socioeconomic and historical aspects. This work brings the linguistic perspective into consideration based on the fact that the Germanic groups that arrived and settled down in this city were composed of speakers of different Germanic languages/dialects, once they came from varied regions of Europe (CLEMENTE, 2008). Thus the present work proposes to investigate and analyze how this linguistic heterogeneity, linguistic contact, lack of education and religious assistance, among other aspects, were responsible for the huge changes and loss of traces of the Germanic culture and languages. To conclude, we intend to bring about the ecological environment (MUFWENE, 2004) which involved the process of silencing the languages.

Keywords: Languages in contact, Germanic immigration, linguistic maintenance and loss

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