"We have that strong R, you know": the enregisterment of a distinctive use of rhotics in Santomean Portuguese.

IF 1.1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS International Journal of the Sociology of Language Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI:10.1515/ijsl-2021-0099
Marie-Eve Bouchard
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This study examines how the use of rhotics in Santomean Portuguese is becoming enregistered as a feature that marks Santomeans' national identity. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork and semistructured interviews with Santomeans living on São Tomé Island and in Portugal. The qualitative analysis of the data reveals the process that leads to the use and awareness of the rhotic feature among Santomeans. This increasing awareness is analysed in terms of orders of indexicality. The author suggests that awareness of this rhotic feature among Santomeans is contingent on having contact with Portuguese speakers of non-Santomean origin, as they only become aware of their distinctive use of rhotics when they are in contact with speakers of another variety of Portuguese on the island, in the diaspora, or online. Also, even if this feature is perceived negatively by many, it remains available for identity-driven use to express a connection to São Tomé and Príncipe.

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“We have the strong R, you know”:这是圣葡语中独特的卷舌音。
本研究考察了在圣葡语中使用卷舌音是如何成为标志着圣葡民族认同的一种特征。它是基于对居住在 o tom岛和葡萄牙的圣多美人的实地考察和半结构化访谈。数据的定性分析揭示了导致使用和意识到的过程中舌音特征的圣多米安人。这种日益增长的认识是根据索引顺序来分析的。作者认为,圣多米安人对这种卷舌音特征的认识取决于与非圣多米安血统的葡萄牙语使用者的接触,因为他们只有在与岛上、侨民或在线上的另一种葡萄牙语使用者接触时,才会意识到自己独特的卷舌音使用。此外,即使这个功能被许多人认为是负面的,它仍然可以用于身份驱动的使用,以表达与 o tom和Príncipe的联系。
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International Journal of the Sociology of Language Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of the Sociology of Language (IJSL) is dedicated to the development of the sociology of language as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches – theoretical and empirical – supplement and complement each other, contributing thereby to the growth of language-related knowledge, applications, values and sensitivities. Five of the journal''s annual issues are topically focused, all of the articles in such issues being commissioned in advance, after acceptance of proposals. One annual issue is reserved for single articles on the sociology of language. Selected issues throughout the year also feature a contribution on small languages and small language communities.
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