‘From neglect to re-discovery’: language and identity amongst Spanish migrants in the United Kingdom
Pozo Gutiérrez, Alicia (2007) ‘From neglect to re-discovery’: language and identity amongst Spanish migrants in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Iberian Studies, 19, (3), 205-230. (doi:10.1386/ijis.19.3.205_1).
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This article explores the relationship between language and identity in the context of post-war European migration as it relates to a group of Spaniards who settled permanently in Hampshire and Dorset between 1950 and 1974. Using oral history testimonies and data extracted from Spanish migrant periodicals published in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and early 1980s, the article focuses on the tension between the maintenance of the Spanish mother tongue and the acquisition of English, the majority language of the host country, arguing that a considerable language shift towards English has taken place, which may only now begin to be reversed given the increasing popularity that the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures are currently enjoying in Anglo-speaking cultural contexts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1364-971X (print) |
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| Keywords: | spanish emigration, language, identity, integration, acculturation, united kingdom |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PH Finno-Ugrian, Basque languages and literatures J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Modern Languages |
| Item ID: | 46056 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:29 |
| Contributors: | Pozo Gutiérrez, Alicia (Author) |
| Date: | 20 February 2007 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46056 |
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