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Maria Yakushkina
In contemporary society, migrant communities navigate multiple cultural and linguistic contexts. The present study seeks to understand these cross-cultural connections by analyzing heritage language use in relation to symbolic transnational involvement among the Cuban-American population in Miami. Specifically, the study examines stance markers in the discourse of 1.5- and second-generation Miami Cubans to investigate the strength of emotional ties and sense of belonging towards their country of origin. To address this aim, 75 sociolinguistic interviews were analyzed using the Appraisal Framework. The results of the discourse analysis indicate participants’ strong emotional involvement with Cuba and its culture. Such positionality is reflected in Affect, Judgement, and Appreciation categories. These findings provide additional evidence of symbolic transnational involvement among 1.5- and second-generation Miami Cubans from the linguistic perspective. Moreover, by employing a structural linguistic approach, this study introduces novel tools for understanding how minority communities express their transnational connections.
