Resumen

MARTINEZ LUNA, Esther. “Jamás deja de ser entendido el orador que pronuncia criollamente”. The dispute over language: Pronunciation as a national identity mark. Lit. mex [online]. 2020, vol.31, n.2, pp.11-31.  Epub 11-Sep-2020. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex.2020.31.2.0001.

The objective of this article is to analyze the long polemic that surrounds pronunciation as a national identity mark, as some “hommes des lettres” maintained in the pages of the Diario de México. Jacobo de Villaurrutia, editor and collaborator of the newspaper, was the most important voice that led the controversy toward a more open and less normative position.

Palabras llave : Enlightment; Linguistic identity; Jacobo de Villaurrutia; Controversial Discussions; Diario de México; Gazeta de Guatemala..