The indigenous languages in Argentina and their continuity in regional Spanish

 

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Autores: Avellana, Alicia, Messineo, Cristina
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2021
Descripción:Argentina is a country that has historically denied and invisibilized its multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic matrix, especially the one linked to indigenous peoples. However, the number of people who recognize themself as indigenous surpasses the figures of a nation imagined as homogenous and monolingual. In this article, we present a general overview of the indigenous languages currently spoken in Argentine territory, with special focus on their sociolinguistic situation and their contact with Spanish. Likewise, we present three grammatical and pragmatic features of some of the indigenous languages and we observe their influence and continuity in regional Spanish (i.e. tenselessness, evidentiality, and pragmatic markers). These examples allow us to delve into typological features scarcely known in the languages of the world -and not present in general Spanish- which is a contribution to the visibility and awareness of linguistic diversity as a universal human heritage.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47026
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/47026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:indigenous languages
Argentina
Spanish
language contact
typological features
lenguas indígenas
español
contacto de lenguas
rasgos tipológicos