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- Title
Markers of Collective Identity in Loyalist and Acadian Speeches of the 1880s: A Comparative Analysis.
- Authors
Richard, Chantal; Brown, Anne; Conrad, Margaret; Davies, Gwendolyn; Huskins, Bonnie; Kasparian, Sylvia
- Abstract
This article presents the results of a research project comparing the speeches and sermons of Acadians and descendants of the Saint John Loyalists in the 1880s. At this pivotal moment in New Brunswick history, Loyalist descendants were celebrating a century of survival and progress while Acadians were regrouping after a century of silence. Each group sought to assert its place in a rapidly evolving society. Since neither group could claim for itself a specific geographic territory or a centralized government, a collective identity could be shaped only through the recognition of common values, a shared past, and a collective future. Using text analysis software programs Hyperbase and Sphinx, we explore the lexical worlds by which Loyalist descendants and Acadians expressed their collective identities, and we compare the specific traits and discursive strategies in each of these groups.
- Subjects
SAINT John (N.B.); SPEECHES, addresses, etc., in literature; GROUP identity in literature; LOYALISTS; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Journal of New Brunswick Studies / Revue d'etudes sur le Nouveau-Brunswick, 2013, Vol 4, p13
- ISSN
2369-6591
- Publication type
Article