Ethnolinguistic and sociolinguistic profi le of Mapudungún in Santiago de Chile
Authors
Cristián Lagos
Departamento de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile, Av. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Casilla 73, Sucursal Grecia, Santiago
Cristián Oyarzo
Departamento de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile, Av. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Casilla 73, Sucursal Grecia, Santiago
Héctor Mariano
Departamento de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile, Av. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Casilla 73, Sucursal Grecia, Santiago
Daniela Molina
Departamento de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile, Av. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Casilla 73, Sucursal Grecia, Santiago
Felipe Hasler
Integrantes del Seminario de Estudios Culturales del Departamento de Lingüística de la Universidad de Chile. Avenida Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Ñuñoa, Santiago
This paper is a report of a research study conducted in the year 2009 that aims to describe the characteristics of the Mapuche language and their native speakers in an urban context (Santiago de Chile), from an ethnolinguistic point of view. We have considered issues such as linguistic loyalty towards the language, its urban vitality and the social representations that urban Mapuche have constructed about their native language, emphasizing the sociocultural determinants that define these aspects. In this way, we have tried to relate language to Mapuche identity in the city. In addition, we incorporate data about linguistic competence in urban Mapuche speakers, both syntactic and lexical.
Keywords:
social representations, Mapuche language and culture, ethnolinguistics, linguistic vitality, linguistic attitudes
Lagos, C., Oyarzo, C., Mariano, H., Molina, D., & Hasler, F. (2009). Ethnolinguistic and sociolinguistic profi le of Mapudungún in Santiago de Chile. Lenguas Modernas, (34), Pág. 117–137. Retrieved from https://lenguasmodernas.uchile.cl/index.php/LM/article/view/30665