Ciucci, Luca (2023) Language secrecy and concealment in Chamacoco (Zamucoan). The Mouth: critical studies on language, culture and society, 10. pp. 159-178.

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Abstract

This study addresses language secrecy and concealment in Chamacoco, with particular reference to the so-called Ebitoso dialect, spoken by the vast majority of Chamacoco people. Secrecy and concealment involving Chamacoco manifest themselves into four aspects: (i) the secrecy of the Chamacoco Indigenous religion, which resulted in linguistic taboos, mostly concerning myths and ritual songs; (ii) the concealment of the Chamacoco language, a strategy adopted when speakers want to hide their Indigenous identity; (iii) the use of Chamacoco as a secret language, in other contexts; (iv) the emergence of a secret register in Chamacoco, as a reaction to the Hispanization of the language, which makes some expressions potentially understandable to Spanish speakers.

Item ID:	80778
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2513-101X
Keywords:	Chamacoco, language endangerment, language discrimination, morphosyntax, Zamucoan
Copyright Information:	All published contributions are available as open access publications. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2023 23:53
FoR Codes:	47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470411 Sociolinguistics @ 60% 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470409 Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax) @ 20% 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470407 Language documentation and description @ 20%
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