Sociolinguistic Indexicalities in Ethnic Diversity
Perceptions of Ethnicity and Language in Suriname
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7933091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Stell (0000-0001-9620-2288, 1 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 35-61 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1382-2373 • E-ISSN: 2213-4360 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134360-09201054 |
| OpenAlex | W2801670421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Ethnicity and language have often been considered jointly on the grounds of their intrinsic interrelation: hard ethnic boundaries are manifested by the use of heritage languages, while dynamics of assimilation reduce the need to linguistically project ethnic distinctness. This article seeks to test the interrelation between patterns of language use and ethnic boundaries in the context of Suriname by analyzing perceptions of ethnolinguistic boundaries elicited from a sample of young informants from Paramaribo. The findings suggest that Surinamese ethnic boundaries are salient, albeit eroding in urban areas. Erosion is visible at a linguistic level in what seems to be a general shift in urban areas toward Dutch and Sranan Tongo. However, this shift might be proceeding at different paces from one ethnic group to the next. As a result, ethnicity is reflected in variable levels of linguistic competence in Dutch and Sranan Tongo
Archaeology · Ethnic group · Geography · Language shift · Linguistics · Salient · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Language and Ethnicity
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Crossing
Ethnolinguistic vitality and intergroup processes
Interactions across Englishes
Dimensions of a Creole Continuum
The Alchemy of English
Immigration, Acculturation, and Adaptation
From codeswitching via language mixing to fused lects
The position and residential patterns of ethnic groups in Paramaribo's development in the twentieth century
Rethinking Ethnicity
Re-examining Caribbean English Creole Continua
The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |