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Lost in migration: Mirandese at a crossroads

dc.contributor.authorMartins, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Sérgio
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-29T11:09:57Z
dc.date.available2023-03-29T11:09:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe linguistic rights of Mirandese were enshrined in Portugal in 1999, though its “discovery” dates back to the very end of the 19th century at the hands of Leite de Vasconcellos (1900, 1901). For centuries, it was the first or only language spoken by people living in the northeast of Portugal, particularly the district of Miranda do Douro. As a minority language, it has always moved among three dimensions. On the one hand, the need to assert and defend this language and have it acknowledged by the country, which proudly believe(d) in their monolingual history. Unavoidably, this has ensued the action of translation, especially active from the mid of the 20th century onwards (Ferreira & Martins 2016), with an emphasis on the translation of the Bible and Portuguese canonical literature, as well as other renown literary forms (e.g. The Adventures of Asterix). Finally, the third axis lies in migration, either within Portugal or abroad. Between the 1950s and the 1960s, Mirandese people were forced to leave Miranda do Douro and villages in the outskirts in the thousands (i.e. Simões, Portela & Cepeda 1996). They fled not only due to the deeply entrenched poverty, but also the almost complete absence of future prospects, enhanced by the fact that they were regarded as not speaking “good” Portuguese, but rather a “charra” language, and as ignorant backward people. This period coincided with the building of dams on the river Douro and the cultural and linguistic shock that stemmed from this forceful contact, which exacerbated their sense of not belonging and of social shame. Bearing all this in mind, we seek to approach the role that migration played not only in the assertion of Mirandese as a language in its own right, but also in the empowerment of new generations of Mirandese people, highly qualified and politically engaged in the defence of this minority language, some of whom former migrants. Thus, we aim to depict Mirandese’s political situation before and after the endorsement of the Portuguese Law no. 7/99 (Martins 2002).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMartins, Cláudia; Ferreira, Sérgio (2018). Lost in migration: Mirandese at a crossroads. In II Congreso Internacional sobre Lengua e Inmigración: Libro de resúmenes. Alcalá de Henarespt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-84-09-05775-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/28113
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherUniversidad de Alcalápt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMirandesept_PT
dc.subjectTranslation of minority languagespt_PT
dc.subjectMigrationpt_PT
dc.subjectPolitical sociologypt_PT
dc.subjectPolitics of minority languagespt_PT
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Pedgogical workpt_PT
dc.titleLost in migration: Mirandese at a crossroadspt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceAlcalá de Henarespt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage38pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage38pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleII Congreso Internacional sobre Lengua e Inmigración: Libro de resúmenespt_PT
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person.givenNameCláudia
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