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Rosana Gemima Amancio

This paper s purpose is to present and discuss the sociolinguistic attitudes and identity, and/or difference, manifested by members of three cities, separated only by imaginary lines. It is common sense in Barracão, Paraná, Dionísio Cerqueira, Santa Catarina, and Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones, Argentina, that these three towns form together a unique reality: a triple dry border between two countries, three states and three cities, the Triplet Cities. However, the historical rivalry that there has always been between Brazilians and Argentineans made us doubt the harmony and brotherhood officially stated and, therefore, we elaborated a research in which the main goal is to question the passivity in the interaction of these people and analyze what consequences this proximity generates in the linguistic and social evaluation sphere and in the identity among the groups. The data, collected in loco from interviews with informers of the three localities, shows that the phenomenon is more complex than what the official discourse tries to convey. Negative linguistic and social attitudes have been perceived, mainly from Brazilians towards Argentineans. And the identity manifested when they claim the existence of a united and homogeneous group, the Triplet Cities, opposes the difference manifested when distinctions and delimitations are established between Brazil and Argentina. This is a complex and contradictory relationship, which made us notice a tension between what we name ideal community , in the first case, and real community , in the second.

As "Cidades Trigemeas" : um estudo sobre atitudes linguistico-sociais e identidade / The Triplet Cities : a study on sociolinguistic attitudes and identity

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