The Portuguese Diaspora in Jersey
The Portuguese Diaspora in Jersey
This present paper concerns recent migrations from the Portuguese mainland and from the island of Madeira to
the English and French speaking territory of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. On-going research is
being carried out with a group of students from the Jersey community and studying at the University of
Southampton. Through a series of informal discussions and class participation exercises, a detailed evaluation
of both behavioural and attitudinal evidence pertaining to these languages in context is carried out. Moreover,
the students own observations about their home community’s sociolinguistic network and notions of identity
afford a valuable insight into the hierarchical and attitudinal factors which determine the interpersonal
communication strategies employed on a day-to-day basis. To this end, tentative conclusions are made
regarding the ethnolinguistic vitality of the younger members of this particular community.
8773496510
93-105
Beswick, Jaine
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20 November 2007
Beswick, Jaine
502ef67c-c84e-4037-ba69-45bc65dbf594
Beswick, Jaine
(2007)
The Portuguese Diaspora in Jersey.
In,
Preisler, Bent, Fabricius, Anne, Haberland, Hartmut, Kjaerbeck, Susanne and Risager, Karen
(eds.)
The Consequences of Mobility.
Roskilde, Denmark.
Roskilde University, .
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Abstract
This present paper concerns recent migrations from the Portuguese mainland and from the island of Madeira to
the English and French speaking territory of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. On-going research is
being carried out with a group of students from the Jersey community and studying at the University of
Southampton. Through a series of informal discussions and class participation exercises, a detailed evaluation
of both behavioural and attitudinal evidence pertaining to these languages in context is carried out. Moreover,
the students own observations about their home community’s sociolinguistic network and notions of identity
afford a valuable insight into the hierarchical and attitudinal factors which determine the interpersonal
communication strategies employed on a day-to-day basis. To this end, tentative conclusions are made
regarding the ethnolinguistic vitality of the younger members of this particular community.
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Published date: 20 November 2007
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/37922
ISBN: 8773496510
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Editor:
Bent Preisler
Editor:
Anne Fabricius
Editor:
Hartmut Haberland
Editor:
Susanne Kjaerbeck
Editor:
Karen Risager
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