Number 11, Spring 2020 Varia

ES:

El presente trabajo propone un recorrido por una obra particularmente influyente en la historia de los debates sobre la lengua en Argentina: Babel y el castellano (1928), de Arturo Capdevila, considerándola desde su gestación en las columnas publicadas por su autor en el periódico La Prensa de Buenos Aires a partir de 1925. El análisis atiende asimismo a la articulación que estas intervenciones, por parte de un escritor versátil aunque lego en materia de ciencias del lenguaje, encuentran en sus distintas manifestaciones con campos y discursos en proceso de consolidación y diferenciación en la época en el país, como el de la literatura y los estudios lingüísticos, así como a los ecos que estas hallan en desarrollos posteriores, especialmente en el campo de la lingüística profesional.

EN:

The following paper attempts to give an insight into a particularly influential work in the history of language-ideological debates in Argentina: Babel y el castellano (1928), by Arturo Capdevila, considering it from its very origin in the columns published by its author in the Buenos Aires’ newspaper La Prensa from 1925 to 1927. The analysis also points to the way in which these interventions by a versatile writer –although a layman in the field of language sciences– deal with fields and discourses which were going through several processes of consolidation and differentiation in Argentina at the time (such as literature and linguistic studies). It also highlights the echoes that Capdevila’s texts find in later developments, especially in the field of professional linguistics.

ES:

En este artículo se analizan las actitudes de estudiantes de bachillerato y licenciatura hacia los idiomas en general y los indomexicanos en particular para conocer la percepción de este sector de la población en torno al tema. Para llevar a cabo esta investigación, se aplicó un cuestionario a 83 jóvenes, de ambos sexos, que acudían a la Biblioteca Pública Estatal. El análisis de los datos lingüísticos se centró en las unidades de información en relación con las valoraciones hacia los idiomas indígenas y las situaciones sociales que comunicaban las respuestas. Los resultados que se obtuvieron muestran que, probablemente, debido a la “sensibilización” que reciben en la escuela acerca de la diversidad cultural, estos jóvenes se muestran favorables hacia las lenguas indígenas, pero sus deseos de aprender alguna de ellas se desvanecía cuando se confrontaban con sus intereses.

EN:

This article analyzes the attitudes of students towards languages in general and particularly the indomexicans to know the perception of this sector of the population around these languages. To carry out this research, a questionnaire was applied to 83 young people, of both sexes, who went to the State Public Library. The analysis of the linguistic data focused on the units of information in relation to the attitudes towards the indigenous languages and the social situations that the responses communicated. The results obtained show that, probably, due to the “sensitization” they received at school about cultural diversity, these young people were favorable to indigenous languages, but their desire to learn some of them faded when they were confronted his interests.

IT:

La pratica del commento linguistico all’interno della stampa periodica comincia a diffondersi prevalentemente nell’Ottocento. Gli articoli di cronaca, le recensioni bibliografiche o le semplici novità, però, offrono uno spunto di riflessione linguistica già all’interno di molti periodici della metà del Settecento. In particolare, polemiche o apologie rivolte al conservatorismo dell’Accademia della Crusca, l’innovazione del lessico specialistico tramite nuove traduzioni di opere straniere e gli influssi dei francesismi nel lessico italiano, permettono ai compilatori delle varie riviste letterarie e delle gazzette di discutere, talvolta ampiamente, dei problemi linguistici dell’epoca. La ricerca quindi si propone di individuare una prima forma di commento linguistico all’interno di alcuni periodici a stampa di metà Settecento.

EN:

The practice of linguistic commentary within the periodical press began to spread mainly in the 19th century. The news articles, bibliographical reviews or simple news, however, offer a starting point for linguistic reflection already in many periodicals of the mid-eighteenth century. In particular, controversies or apologies addressed to the conservatism of the Accademia della Crusca, the innovation of the specialized lexicon through new translations of foreign works and the influences of the French into the Italian lexicon, allow the compilers of the various literary magazines and journals to discuss, sometimes widely, of the linguistic problems of the time. The research therefore aims to identify a first form of linguistic commentary within some printed periodicals of the mid-eighteenth century.

FR:

Cet article propose quelques réflexions sur l’influence d’un cadre idéologique néolibéral sur l’enseignement du français en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick, région francophone minoritaire du Canada. Il s’appuie sur une enquête ethnographique menée en 2013-2014 au sein des cours de français à l’Université de Moncton. Après avoir présenté le terrain, la méthodologie d’analyse critique et problématisé la situation des cours de français universitaires, le texte s’arrête sur la notion de néolibéralisme et analyse le corpus en fonction de deux de ses figures types majeures : l’individu-entrepreneur et l’individu-manager.

EN:

This paper offers some reflections on the influence of a neoliberal ideological framework on the teaching of French in Acadia, New Brunswick, the French-speaking minority region of Canada. The article is based on an ethnographic inquiry conducted in 2013-2014 within French courses at the Université de Moncton. After introducing the field, the methodology of the critical analysis and problematizing the situation of university French courses, the text stops on the notion of neoliberalism and analyzes the corpus according to two of its major figures: that of the Entrepreneur and the Manager.

IT:

Con l’avvento dei moderni mezzi di comunicazione di massa e, soprattutto, dei social network, le dispute linguistiche hanno assunto attori e prassi completamente diversi rispetto al passato: dalle accademie il dibattito si è ormai trasferito su internet e sui giornali, coinvolgendo un pubblico non specialista, ampio e diversificato per composizione e livello d’istruzione, il quale ha profondamente cambiato le modalità con cui vengono affrontate le questioni relative alla norma.

Attraverso l’analisi di alcune di dispute linguistiche salite agli onori della cronaca in questi ultimi anni, il contributo si propone di tracciare i nuovi percorsi e di comprendere i nuovi modi in cui si sviluppa ai giorni nostri il dibattito sulla norma linguistica, sia nei media tradizionali, sia nei Social media.

EN:

With the advent of modern mass media and, above all, of social networks, linguistic disputes, have acquired completely different actors and practices: from the academies the debate has now moved to the internet and the newspapers, involving a non-specialist public, broad and diversified in composition and level of education. This has deeply changed the ways in which norm-related issues are addressed.

Through the analysis of some of the linguistic disputes that have gained resonance in recent years, this paper aims to explore the new ways in which the debate on the linguistic norm is developing, both in the traditional and in social media.

FR:

Au cours des dernières années, certaines productions hexagonales (guide de conjugaison, roman, film) ont voulu tenir compte du français québécois ou ont tenté de reproduire cette variété de français. Ces aventures n’ont pas toujours été heureuses, et pourtant elles s’étaient basées sur des dictionnaires produits au Québec. En analysant en parallèle les critiques reçues au Québec par ces productions françaises et par les dictionnaires qui leur ont servi de source, nous établissons dans cet article une typologie de cette branche de la lexicographie profane que nous nommons la lexicographie parasite.

EN:

In recent years, some French productions (conjugation guide, novel, film) have wanted to take into account French of Quebec or have tried to reproduce this variety of French. These adventures were not always happy, and yet they were based on dictionaries produced in Quebec. By analyzing in parallel the criticisms received in Quebec by these French productions and by the dictionaries that served as their source, we establish in this article a typology of this branch of profane lexicography that we call parasitic lexicography.