Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance : The Irish in Argentina

• Main Author: O'Brien, Sarah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Ethnology > Latin America.; Historiography.; Great Britain > History.; Sociolinguistics.; Discourse analysis.; Multilingualism.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

This book explores the present-day Irish Diaspora in Argentina, using oral narrative and a sociolinguistic theoretical framework to draw out the features that define contemporary Hiberno-Argentine identity. The author analyzes the spoken memories and discourses of Irish-Argentine descendants to trac...