The Portuguese language in the particular context of the “Portuguese community” of Montreal - Scetti, Fabio; Duarte, Eugenia; Mendes, Amalia; Amóros Negre, Carla; Thomas. Wien, Juan A. (Pluricentric Languages and non-dominant Varieties worldwide. Part II : The Pluricentricity of Portuguese and Spanish. New Concepts and Descriptions.)
This paper provides important insight into the complex issue of defining a Non-dominating variety of Portuguese in a particular context of immigration. This sociolinguistic research will focus on the dynamic and complex evolution of the Portuguese language spoken inside the “Portuguese community” in Montreal through how it is practised, and how it has structurally mutated during the process of transmission from one generation to another. Observing seven “points of weakness”, it has been possible to analyse the evolution of the language, and the importance of the influence of dominant referential varieties, i.e. European and Brazilian Portuguese and ND-varieties often classified as “dialects”. The methodological approach adopted, using questionnaires, observations and interviews, has allowed the influences of both referential variations to be analysed in order to define this particular ND-variety which has derived from the immigration process, and increased the understanding of the relationship between the language and the group’s identity.
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