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| Title: | ¿Pueden las lenguas minorizadas respirar tranquilas en las redes sociales? : el papel de las comunidades virtuales como refugio de uso a través de la observación de un grupo de Facebook para hablantes de aragonés |
| Variant title: | Can minoritized languages breathe in social media? : the role of virtual communities as breathing spaces through the observation of a Facebook group for speakers of Aragonese |
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| Source document: | Études romanes de Brno. 2020, vol. 41, iss. 1, pp. 113-124 |
| Extent: | 113-124 |
| ISSN: | 1803-7399 (print); 2336-4416 (online) |
| DOI: | 10.5817/ERB2020-1-8 |
| Type: | Article (Spanish) |
| Stable URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/142576 |
| License: | CC BY-SA 4.0 International |
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Abstract(s):
La presencia de una lengua minorizada en el ámbito digital es esencial para proyectos de revitalización y mantenimiento lingüístico (Soria 2016). Entre otros, se ha postulado que la presencia digital de una lengua la asocia a la modernidad, eleva el prestigio de la lengua, anima a los hablantes a usarla y aumenta el conocimiento de la diversidad lingüística. Las redes sociales, en concreto, constituyen un cambio radical en la construcción de espacios de comunicación, abriendo la posibilidad de que hablantes de lenguas minorizadas creen espacios sin depender de mediación o financiación gubernamental (Belmar & Glass 2019). En este artículo exploraremos las posibilidades de las comunidades virtuales como refugios de uso para lenguas minorizadas tomando como ejemplo el grupo de Facebook para hablantes de aragonés Aragonés: charrar ragonar parlar fablar tafalar chilar mormostiar recontar. Para ello analizaremos 72 publicaciones compartidas entre marzo y junio de 2019, las lenguas que se usan y los temas de los que se habla.
The presence of a minoritized language online is essential for revitalization and language maintenance projects (Soria 2016). Among others, it has been suggested that digital presence of a language associates it with modernity, boosts the prestige of the language, encourages speakers to use it and raises awareness of linguistic diversity. Social Media, in particular, constitutes a radical change in the construction of communicative spaces, opening the possibility for speakers of minoritized languages to create their own spaces without depending on government mediation or funding (Belmar & Glass 2019). In this article, the possibilities of virtual communities as breathing spaces for Minoritized languages will be analyzed, taking as an example the Facebook group for speakers of Aragonese Aragonés: charrar ragonar parlar fablar tafalar chilar mormostiar recontar. We will analyze 72 posts shared between March and June 2019, the languages used and the topics discussed.
The presence of a minoritized language online is essential for revitalization and language maintenance projects (Soria 2016). Among others, it has been suggested that digital presence of a language associates it with modernity, boosts the prestige of the language, encourages speakers to use it and raises awareness of linguistic diversity. Social Media, in particular, constitutes a radical change in the construction of communicative spaces, opening the possibility for speakers of minoritized languages to create their own spaces without depending on government mediation or funding (Belmar & Glass 2019). In this article, the possibilities of virtual communities as breathing spaces for Minoritized languages will be analyzed, taking as an example the Facebook group for speakers of Aragonese Aragonés: charrar ragonar parlar fablar tafalar chilar mormostiar recontar. We will analyze 72 posts shared between March and June 2019, the languages used and the topics discussed.
Keywords:
Aragonés; lengua minorizada; refugio de uso; comunidad virtual; medios de comunicación; revitalización lingüística
Aragonese; minoritized language; breathing space; virtual community; media; language revitalization
Aragonese; minoritized language; breathing space; virtual community; media; language revitalization
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