From the myth of the single language to the plurilingualism policy: challenges in the law enforcement of the co-officializing process of languages in Brazilian counties

Authors

  • Julia Izabelle Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2016.20751

Keywords:

language policy, coofficializing process, enforcement.

Abstract

In this article, we reflect on the challenges faced by the establishment of the politics of linguistic co-officializing in Brazilian counties, by discussing how languages constituted objects of legal regulation in favor of colonial and Eurocentric projects, contributing, thereby, to the foundation of the myth of unity and linguistic homogeneity. Moreover, we present how the pluralist tendencies of the last decades have driven another view of the plurilingualism, emphasizing, thus, the emergence of ethnic movements and of the new rights, including language rights, as milestones in this moment of diversification of the agenda of class struggle. The analysis of three processes of the law enforcement allows us to identify tensions in the relations between the linguistic communities and the State.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2016.20751

Author Biography

Julia Izabelle Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Goiás e mestrado na área de Linguística pela mesma universidade. Tem experiência em pesquisa na área de Linguística, com ênfase nas subáreas de Sociolinguística, Línguas em contato e Análise e Descrição de línguas indígenas do ramo Jê, tronco Macro-Jê. Durante a graduação, desenvolveu, por dois anos, pesquisa de descrição e análise da gramática da língua Apinajé (Jê setentrional) e, no mestrado, desenvolveu pesquisa na área da sociolinguística e do contato de línguas, junto ao povo Xerente-Akwén (Jê meridional). Atuou como professora substituta de Língua Portuguesa no Centro de Ensino e Pesquisa Aplicada à Educação, da UFG. Atualmente, desenvolve pesquisa de doutorado na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, na subárea de Políticas Linguísticas, com ênfase na temática dos Direitos Linguísticos.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Silva, J. I. (2016). From the myth of the single language to the plurilingualism policy: challenges in the law enforcement of the co-officializing process of languages in Brazilian counties. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 23(38). https://doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2016.20751

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 38 (2016): Language Policies

Section

Linguistic Papers

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