Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística

The Amazonic region can be considered as a pluricultural and multilinguistic arena where local groups can express their own representations about their social and linguistics features. In eastern Guyana, the individual identity is strongly bonded to ancestry and to the territory of origin, what is p...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1079c796f92745a3a9835efbf565b0892021-12-02T13:19:13ZIdentidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística1519-5538https://doaj.org/article/1079c796f92745a3a9835efbf565b0892008-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/campos/article/view/15865/10828https://doaj.org/toc/1519-5538The Amazonic region can be considered as a pluricultural and multilinguistic arena where local groups can express their own representations about their social and linguistics features. In eastern Guyana, the individual identity is strongly bonded to ancestry and to the territory of origin, what is particularly evident among the Wayana (a Carib-speaking people). It is also strongly linked to the language that was transmitted by the ancestors. Sociocultural and linguistic relationships involving the exchange of goods shape a social network throughtout this region. The linguistic behavior, particularly, is an important component of this web of political and social representations, since speaking other languages implies an association with the traditional network of sociability which, in turn, is anchored in a political web. Adopting an ethnolinguistic perspective, this study addresses the representation of “Self” and “Other”, and the close link among identity, geographical locus, and attributions to social categories.Eliane CamargoUniversidade Federal do ParanáarticleGuyanasCaribbeanWayanaEtnolinguisticsSocial networksSocial history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformHN1-995ENESFRPTCampos, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 105-137 (2008)
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language EN
ES
FR
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topic Guyanas
Caribbean
Wayana
Etnolinguistics
Social networks
Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HN1-995
spellingShingle Guyanas
Caribbean
Wayana
Etnolinguistics
Social networks
Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HN1-995
Eliane Camargo
Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
description The Amazonic region can be considered as a pluricultural and multilinguistic arena where local groups can express their own representations about their social and linguistics features. In eastern Guyana, the individual identity is strongly bonded to ancestry and to the territory of origin, what is particularly evident among the Wayana (a Carib-speaking people). It is also strongly linked to the language that was transmitted by the ancestors. Sociocultural and linguistic relationships involving the exchange of goods shape a social network throughtout this region. The linguistic behavior, particularly, is an important component of this web of political and social representations, since speaking other languages implies an association with the traditional network of sociability which, in turn, is anchored in a political web. Adopting an ethnolinguistic perspective, this study addresses the representation of “Self” and “Other”, and the close link among identity, geographical locus, and attributions to social categories.
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title Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
title_short Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
title_full Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
title_fullStr Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
title_full_unstemmed Identidade e alteridade em wayana. Uma contribuição linguística
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