Recortes interculturais: percepções de uma comunidade bilíngue acerca das línguas e culturas norte-americana e brasileira
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2010-08-19
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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This qualitative study investigates an American immigrant group in the Central-West
region of Brazil and its perceptions of the Portuguese and English languages as well as
Brazilian and American cultures. More specifically, this research identifies and analyzes both
language and cultural domains within the community in order to establish a sociolinguistic
profile of the group. Ethnographic theory was the basis for data collection as well as for
identification and analysis of the group's main cultural domains, which were evidenced in
participants speeches during interviews and social interactions. Language domains were
gathered through interviews, questionnaires and field observations. The theoretical section
includes works on language and its influence on society (BAKER, 1993; GROSJEAN, 1982;
ROMAINE, 1995), conceptions of culture in various areas of study, such as anthropology,
sociology and ethnography (LARAIA, 2007; SPRADLEY, 1980; VILA NOVA, 1985), and
identity and difference as social products (HALL, 2007; SANTOS, 2007; WOODWARD,
2007). Results revealed that both languages are used in the community, although English is
the predominant language in most social domains. Portuguese is used within the family
domain in cases of interracial marriage and during social interactions outside the community.
English, in turn, is present in the other domains such as the church, the neighborhood, the
school and work inside the community. Shortly, English is seen by most participants as the
link that connects them to their native country while Portuguese is seen as an instrument to
gain access to job and higher education. Results also revealed that faith, conversion and
testimony are prominent cultural domains in the participants cultural horizons as well as a
varied range of stereotypes about the American and the Brazilian cultures.
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SILVA, Aline Gomes da. Intercultural extracts: perceptions of a bilingual community about American
and Brazilian languages and cultures. 2010. 144 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Lingüística, Letras e Artes) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2010.