Do mito da língua única à política do plurilinguismo: desafios na implementação de leis de cooficialização linguística em municípios brasileiros

Abstract

In this article, we reflect on the challenges faced by the establishment of the politics of linguistic co-officializing in Brazilian counties, by discussing how languages constituted objects of legal regulation in favor of colonial and Eurocentric projects, contributing, thereby, to the foundation of the myth of unity and linguistic homogeneity. Moreover, we present how the pluralist tendencies of the last decades have driven another view of the plurilingualism, emphasizing, thus, the emergence of ethnic movements and of the new rights, including language rights, as milestones in this moment of diversification of the agenda of class struggle. The analysis of three processes of the law enforcement allows us to identify tensions in the relations between the linguistic communities and the State. --- http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2016.20751