04122nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-53873-5 DE-He213 20251030113240.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241023s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031538735 978-3-031-53873-5 10.1007/978-3-031-53873-5 doi P1-1091 CB bicssc FOR000000 bisacsh CB thema Gandarillas, Marc. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 86429 Majorcan Catalan in San Pedro, Argentina [electronic resource] : The Case for an Endangered Heritage Language Variety / by Marc Gandarillas. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXVI, 390 p. 38 illus., 17 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Methodology -- Chapter 3. Historical and Cultural Background of the Majorcan Community in San Pedro, Argentina -- Chapter 4. Sociolinguistic Status of Majorcan Catalan in San Pedro, Argentina -- Chapter 5. Linguistic Characterization of San Pedro Majorcan Catalan -- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Discussion. . This book presents empirical and anecdotal evidence on the persistence of the variety of Majorcan Catalan that has been spoken since the 1850s in San Pedro, Argentina. Drawing on a series of 60-minute interviews (N=49) conducted with speakers recruited from the community, this study demonstrates how most participants appear to have preserved their heritage language to some extent, according to their observed Performative Language Competency levels (PLCs). Building on participants' firsthand accounts, additional historical, anthropological, and sociolinguistic details are provided to convey a vivid picture of the community, its traditions, speakers' attitudes to their heritage language, and the current status of San Pedro Majorcan Catalan in terms of endangerment. Within the field of understudied minority languages in the Americas, the reader of this volume will find an innovative, distinct approach to bilingualism in ‘heritage vs. majority language’ settings, which will be of interest to scholars and students with a background in sociolinguistics, bi- and multilingualism, and language policy and revitalization. Marc Gandarillas is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of North Dakota, USA. He holds a BA in Classics (2009), a BA in Linguistics (2014), and an MA in Ancient Cultures and Languages (2011)—all from the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain—as well as a PhD in Romance Languages and Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Florida, USA (2022). Among other spheres within the field of sociolinguistics, his recent research has focused on Catalan-speaking heritage communities in the Americas—particularly Argentina. Other interests of the author include bilingualism and multilingualism, anthropological linguistics, revitalization, and language policy. Philology. 65874 Sociolinguistics. 69115 America History. 84137 Language and languages Study and teaching. 59962 Languages. 65879 Sociolinguistics. 69115 History of the Americas. 84138 Language Teaching and Learning. 71501 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031538728 Printed edition: 9783031538742 Printed edition: 9783031538759 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53873-5 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 64401 64401