Status of the Mirandese Isolect in Modern Portugal: A Sociolinguistic Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the status of the Mirandese speech variety as a language with dialect elements on the basis of certain criteria corresponding to these concepts. The paper focuses on the current state of the Mirandese language in the context of its official position according to Portuguese laws, as well as examines the issue of its transformation throughout history. Scientific novelty of the study lies in carrying out a comprehensive analysis of the factors and prerequisites that determine the state of the Mirandese isolect from the perspective of its development and application, as well as in the fact that the range of issues associated with this topic has not become a subject of research in our country. As a result of the study, it has been found that such an isolect as Mirandese has the characteristics of both a language and a dialect, although the predominance of the former is more pronounced.

References

1. Елизаров П. О мирандском: втором официальном языке Португалии. 2016. URL: http://pereulki.com/2016/02/o-mirandskom-vtorom-ofitsialnom-yazyke-portugalii
2. Кибрик А. Е. Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь / под ред. В. Н. Ярцевой. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990.
3. Кононенко Б. И. Большой толковый словарь по культурологии / под ред. Б. И. Кононенко. М.: Вече, 2003.
4. Коряков Ю. Б. Проблема «язык или диалект» и попытка лексикостатистического подхода // Вопросы языкознания. 2017. № 6.
5. Мусорин А. Ю. Что такое отдельный язык? // Сибирский лингвистический семинар. Новосибирск. 2001. № 1.
6. Нарумов Б. П. Астурийский и арагонский в кругу региональных языков Испании // Актуальные проблемы иберо-романистики: межвуз. сб., посвящ. 100-летию со дня рождения проф. О. К. Васильевой-Шведе. СПб., 1996.
7. Саркисян Ж. П. Система классификации разновидностей языка // Наука и образование в жизни современного общества: сб. науч. тр. по мат. Междунар. науч.-практ. конф. (г. Тамбов, 30 декабря 2014 г.): в 12-ти ч. Тамбов, 2015. Ч. 3.
8. Ceolín R. Um enclave leonês na paisagem unitária da língua portuguesa // Ianua. Revista Philológica Románica. 2002. Iss. 3.
9. Como se diz Portugal em mirandês? 2019. URL: https://www.vortexmag.net/como-se-diz-portugal-em-mirandes
10. Correira S. O Mirandês: dialecto ou língua? 2003. URL: http://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/o-mirandes-dialecto-ou-lingua/10986#
11. Czopek N. O mirandês - um enclave linguístico de Portugal // Romanica Cracoviensia. 2008. Vol. 8. Iss. 1.
12. Ferreira M. Linguagens Fronteiriças: Mirandês. Lisboa: Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa, 1994.
13. Ferreira S., Martins C. Línguas minoritárias no ecrã - o caso da língua mirandesa em Portugal. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 2012.
14. Lei 7/99. 29 de Janeiro 1999. URL: http://dre.tretas.org/dre/99574/lei-7-99-de-29-de-janeiro
15. Mirandês ultrapassa isolamento e chega a segunda língua oficial em Portugal. 2016. URL: http://24.sapo.pt/vida/artigos/mirandes-ultrapassa-isolamento-e-chega-a-segunda-lingua-oficial-em-portugal
16. Rêgo C. A língua mirandesa, um meio de comunicação na socialização. Bragança: Escola Superior de Educação de Bragança, 2013.
17. Vasconcelos J. L. Mirandês. Opúsculos. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 1929.

Author information

About this article

Publication history

• Received: March 15, 2022.
• Published: April 29, 2022.

Keywords

• мирандский язык
• португальский язык
• астурлеонский язык
• диалект
• идиом
• Mirandese language
• Portuguese language
• Asturleonese language
• dialect
• isolect

Copyright

© 2022 The Author(s)
© 2022 Gramota Publishing, LLC

User license

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)