Abstract

RAFAEL, AREIZA LONDOÑO  and  MARIA DEL PILAR, FLÓREZ OSPINA. Colombian Spanish variations and their effect on the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language. A sociolinguistic framework. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2016, n.27, pp.79-107. ISSN 0121-053X.

For the construction of a language as an interactive system, two great entities are required: a formal system and society, with all the ideological and cultural meaning that give identity to that system and characterize it in its distinctive symbolic features. This social and linguistic macrosystem presents variations in the different contexts where it is activated and, due to its idiosyncratic nature, it expresses a way of acting and being in the world that must be recognized by all communities. The teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) must be accompanied by the knowledge of its sociolinguistic variations, without forgetting the standard variation, in order that the learner assimilates the context, avoiding the risk of rejecting or being rejected by the enviroment in which he will use this language. This article has two very specifc objectives: to show some of the variations of Colombian Spanish, locating them as expressions of different cultural groups of the country that may be recognized by distinctive features, and to value these variations as an object of study within academic contexts, reclaiming their importance in the national context.

Keywords : way of life; variation; system; social cognition; linguistic market; symbolization; social media; SFL learner.

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