Abstract

GARCIA LE, Javier Enrique. "People Define You by the Language You Speak, If You Speak a Lot of Creole They Are Going to Say That You Are Uneducated". Reflections About the Linguistic Identity of Speakers of Creole English, Standard English and Spanish. Leng. [online]. 2014, vol.42, n.1, pp.145-172. ISSN 0120-3479.

In this article presents part of the findings of an investigation about the relationship between linguistic attitudes and identity of a group of trilingual speakers. Specifically, it shows the results of linguistic identity. Elements such as linguistic convergence and divergence, the relationship between language and personal identity, and ethnic, national and global identity are discussed. First, the methodological principles that guided the research are examined; then, there is a brief review of the key theoretical considerations involved. The article then presents a brief analysis of the information and finally, the conclusions are shown

Keywords : Linguistic identity; ethnic identity; national identity; Creole English; Standard English; Spanish.

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