Procesos identitarios y usos de la lengua eslovena entre inmigrantes y descendientes eslovenos en Argentina

This article presents part of the results of the research carried out for the author’s doctoral thesis in Anthropological Sciences about the migratory and identity processes of the Slovenians in Argentina. My aim is to problematise the culturalist perspective by comparing the linguistic practices of three groups of Slovenian immigrants and their descendants in Argentina: the first wave of immigration (1878–1888), that between the World Wars, and the one after the Second World War. First, the article offers a panoramic view of the historical linguistic practices of the Slovene speakers in Argentina. In then demonstrates that the Slovenian language is still partially conserved, fulfilling diverse functions in this context