LINGUIST List 22.3768 Tue Sep 27 2011 Diss: Anthro Ling/Socioling: De Luna Villalón: 'Mexican Temporary ...' Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Maria de Luna Villalón , Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada: a language and migration approach Message 1: Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada: a language and migration approach Date: 17-Sep-2011 From: Maria de Luna Villalón <marudelunayahoo.com.mx> Subject: Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada: a language and migration approach E-mail this message to a friend Institution: University of Western Ontario Program: Hispanic Studies Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2011 Author: Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón Dissertation Title: Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada: a language and migration approach Dissertation URL: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/257/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics Sociolinguistics Dissertation Director(s): Joyce Bruhn de Garavito Dissertation Abstract: The purpose of this study is to fill a gap in the sociolinguistic research on language issues faced by temporary migrants. My research involves a compilation and analysis of the sociolinguistic facts relating to the situation of Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers (MTAW) who come to Ontario and Quebec through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). Following an ethnographic approach and methodology, I investigated the following research questions: 1). How do the biographic backgrounds -human capital- of MTAW restrict or allow them to renegotiate their identity and to be able to deal with their new social and linguistic environment? 2). What and how are the communicative practices of MTAW? 3). What linguistic barriers do MTAW face and how does it affect their daily lives? 4). How do the receiving communities include or exclude MTAW? Among other results, I have found that MTAW live in conditions where language/dialect and contacts happen. However, MTAW's communicative practices show a stable language maintenance phenomenon, with transidiomatic[1] practices (Jacquemet, 2005), where sociolinguistics barriers impact their lives in almost every space of their life creating dehumanizing barriers that marks them as vulnerable individuals that suffer from linguistic inequalities and exclusion. On the other hand, these same conditions have promoted social awareness among the community at different levels, where there has been an active participation to help MTAW adapt to the community, while at the same time the community also tries to adapt to MTAW's seasonal presence and needs. [1] Transidiomatic practices describe communicative practices of transnational groups with linguistic interactions using different languages and codes (Jacquemet, 2005). Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 27-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.