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Jacqueline L. Urla

University of Massachusetts Amherst

1999

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Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla Jan 1999

Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

This essay argues for the value of examining popular culture as a productive site for the expression of language play and humor in minority language communities. A study of the Basque language comic, Napartheid provides material for studying language mixing and parodic language play that challenge language domination.