Codeswitching between sign languages and the linguistic choices of Venezuelan deaf people in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v32.64085Keywords:
Individual bilingualism, Codeswitching, Venezuelan Sign Language, LibraAbstract
The article analyzes a correlation between the use of
codeswitching by bilingual deaf immigrants from Venezuela who are
living in Brazil with the social and situational factors that explain the
use individuals’ intentions. The goal is to track inferential processes
through which individuals’ linguistic choices convey evidence about the
identity processes and interpersonal relationships that shape some of
their everyday interactions. The ethnography of communication (HYMES,
1972; 1986) guides the theoretical and methodological procedures for
data collection. The rattional choice theory (MYERS-SCOTTON; BOLONYAI,
2001) and the markednnes model (MYERS-SCOTTON, 1993) provide
theoretical support for data analysis, which indicated how the linguistic
options of immigrants were oriented towards a better adaptation to the
new context and the search for better living conditions.
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