Polish language in Brazil in pandemic times: new possibilities and limitations
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This article aims to map and analyze the initiatives developed by the Brazilian community of Polish origin in Paraná, in favor of the preservation of the culture and maintenance of Polish heritage language during the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. The strategy of using the virtual environment to minimize the impacts of disease transmission has proven to be the best alternative so far. New opportunities for linguistic and cultural contacts have emerged, but there are also limitations related to the lack of social interaction in face-to-face encounters. In this paper we propose as a central theoretical concept, the notion of heritage language understood as a linguistic system spoken by Brazilians of Polish descent for over a century, transmitted from generation to generation and used mainly in the family environment. The empirical material for this study was obtained from ethnographic, descriptive and sociolinguistic field research and observations of activities carried out online and offline in the pandemic context.
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