Cultural alternation among Muslims in San Andrés Island
تاريخ الاضافة
06/08/2022
نوع المحتوى
Article
الرابط للمحتوى
الكاتب
Carlos Jair Martínez Albarracín
الناشر
Íkala [online]
Year of Publication
2017
الوصف
This inquiry focuses in the description and analysis of diglossia and bilingualism as linguistic phenomena highlighting cultural alternation or alternative approaches within the Muslim community settled in San Andrés Island, in the Colombian insular Caribbean. An ethnographic method for speech and sociolinguistics was followed, which led us to find that Arabic language, in their classical and dialectal variances, has everyday usage in the island. Also, we could observe a language contact situation between Arabic and Spanish languages, which allow us define the island as a contact zone. We can conclude that diglossia and bilingualism are proofs of cultural alternation in everyday life, that is, a displacement occurs between cultural signification spheres, implying changes and variations in the processes of identity-construction among this speech community members.
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