The Ukrainian language as a symbol of membership and identity of Ukraineness in a community in the south of Brazil

Authors

  • Jakeline A. Semechechem Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP)
  • Neiva Maria Jung Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
  • Adriana Dalla Vecchia Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n42a33479

Keywords:

Ukrainian language. Identity. Ukraineness.

Abstract

In this article, we aim to discuss the ways of Ukrainian identity articulated to values of the Ukrainian language and to the Catholic religion of the Ukrainian rite in a rural multilingual community in the municipality of Prudentópolis, in the southeast of the state of Paraná, in the south of Brazil. The data discussed are the result of an ethnography of language (SEMECHECHEM, 2016) and was generated through participant observation, field notes, interviews and audio and video recordings. The theoretical-methodological perspective are multilingualism as a set of ideologically informed communicative resources (HELLER, 2007) which make up our linguistic repertoires (BLOMMAERT, 2010) articulated with social identities (BUCHOLTZ, HALL, 2004, 2005; OLIVEIRA, 2000). The results of the analysis showed that the participants consider the local Ukrainian language as a symbol of membership and local identity of Ukraineness. This identity is associated with ethnicity, religion, rural work and the Ukrainian language and represents what it is to be Ukrainian from a rural community of Brazil.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n42a911

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Author Biographies

Jakeline A. Semechechem, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP)

Doutora em Letras, Estudos Linguísticos e professora da Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP).

Neiva Maria Jung, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Professora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Doutora em Letras.

Adriana Dalla Vecchia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutoranda em Letras na Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

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Published

2017-07-13

How to Cite

Semechechem, J. A., Jung, N. M., & Dalla Vecchia, A. (2017). The Ukrainian language as a symbol of membership and identity of Ukraineness in a community in the south of Brazil. Gragoatá, 22(42), 416-434. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n42a33479

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 42 (2017): Immigration, language practices and language policies

Section

Language Articles

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