Portuguese as a historical invention: brazilianity, africanity and power
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8420.2015v16n2p35Abstract
http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1984-8420.2015v16n2p35
This paper explores the historical and political construction of Portuguese in relation to the concepts of Brazilianness and Africanism. Two different historical periods are considered: (i) 1920-1945, comprising the modernists’ and other intellectuals’ works as well as Vargas’s policies; and (ii) the post-2000 contemporary period, involving national policies in defense of language diversity. We discuss the concepts of regionalism, miscegenation, nationalism and Brazilianness in the light of specific regimes of discourses that consider influences of African languages in the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil. The text presents an approach of critical language policy that problematizes the historical meanings of languages, highlighting the relation between power and language.
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