The Dutch of Carambei : a sociolinguistic study / Os holandeses de Carambei : estudo sociolinguistico

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Carambeí, a small town in Parana, is Brazil s first Dutch settlement, founded in 1911. In spite of being quite old, it seems as though one has left Brazil when in Carambeí and meeting its people. But what is fact and what is impression? Who are the Carambeienses? Are they Dutch? Are they Brazilian? Do they speak Portuguese? Do they speak Dutch? Which beliefs and attitudes do these people express in respect to those languages? Considering that these queries were not sufficiently answered and that Carambeí Township is fairly complex, both cultural and linguistically, this study intends to: a) do a survey of the functional use of Portuguese and Dutch languages; of the attitudes and linguistic beliefs that the "Dutch" reveal concerning the Dutch and Portuguese languages; discuss the identity of the "Dutch" of Carambeí. b) analyze the variety of Portuguese spoken by the "Dutch" of Carambeí regarding the use of strong-R. c) establish what sort of relationship takes place between linguistic attitudes and beliefs, functional uses of Dutch and Portuguese languages, id~ntity and use of certain varieties of the strong-R in Portuguese; d) to observe if there is a change in progress in the Portuguese spoken by the Dutch regarding the analyzed aspecto As far as the first question is concerned, we concluded that Groups 1M and lF prefer Dutch; Groups 2M and 2F are bilingual in Portuguese and Dutch; Groups 3M and 3F are monolingual in Portuguese. About the beliefs and attitudes related to Dutch, Groups 1M and lF show positive attitudes, while Groups 2M and 2F consider it a "useless language", and Groups 3M and 3F consider it a "very difficult" language. Portuguese, on the other hand, awakes positive attitudes in the community as a whole. Related to the identity shown by the "Dutch", it is observable that two different groups are established: the "Brazilian" (a part of Group 2F and G)"oups 3M and 3F) and the "Dutch" (Groups 1M, lF, 2M and a part of Group 2F). Considering the use of strong-R, groups 1M m,d lF use trill and tap; group 2M also uses trill and tap; Group 2F, although, was divided: Group 2Fa uses trill and tap and Group 2Fb uses fricative and trill. Groups 3M and 3F use only fricative. Anyway, we can assume that specific attitudes and identities contribute to the use of tap: positive attitudes towards Dutch and Dutch identity. The use of trill, seems to contribute more to negative attitudes in relation to Dutch and an indefinite identity, but opposed to "Brazilian". The use of trill and fricative seems to be related to extremely positive attitudes regarding Portuguese and extremely negative ones to the Dutch and "Brazilian" identity. Finally, the exclusive use of fricative seems to be connected to the total indifference to Dutch and to the total identification to the "Brazilian" identity.

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rothics lingua portuguesa - dialetos - carambei atitudes identity identidade crenças beliefs pr portuguese language roticos

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