I feel andalusí: Spatiotemporal frameworks in identity construction of Moroccan immigrants in Granada, Spain
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https://doi.org/10.37536/LYM.13.1.2021.1365Keywords:
discourse, discourse analysis, identity, Moroccan immigration, chronotope, GranadaAbstract
Despite the large number of Moroccan immigrants in Spain, few studies have examined the role of identity in language use of this community (García-Sánchez 2014). To address this gap, the current case study analyzes identity construction in two semi-structured interviews with two Moroccan brothers living in Granada, Spain to understand how they negotiate their identities based on spatiotemporal configurations. I employ Bakhtin's construct of chronotope, which was later developed by Blommaert and De Fina (2017), to understand how the brothers' social identities are negotiated using socio-historical connections between the Arab world and al-Andalus. The results show that identities are socially constructed using various spatiotemporal configurations. Furthermore, these configurations serve to negotiate and support multilingual practices in a predominantly monolingual society.
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