Variación léxico-semántica en las categorías referentes al sur de Bariloche: una aproximación desde la sociolingüística cognitiva.

Abstract

In the following work, we investigate the lexical-semantic variation surrounding expressions referring to the southern part of the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. We note that three expressions are currently used for this purpose: EL SUR (The South), PAMPA DE HUENULEO (The High Altitude), and EL ALTO (The High Altitude). Beyond this obvious linguistic dimension, contextualizing the object of study makes it clear that other spheres of Bariloche's social reality are also involved. Although our focus is not on the origin of each expression, it is pertinent to make some considerations about the last two expressions mentioned, since, unlike the first (EL SUR), these do not merely refer to a cardinal point. According to Biedma (2004[1967], p. 111), the Pampa de Huenuleo is “located to the [south] of San Carlos de Bariloche between the Co. [hill] de la Ventana and the Ñireco River” and owes its name to a Mapuche settler who had settled there. EL ALTO refers to one of the topographically highest areas of the city of Bariloche1, whose proximity to various hills and mountains is much greater, unlike other areas near Lake Nahuel Huapi. Nicoletti and Barelli (2015) suggest that the expression “barrios del alto” comes from the Municipal Planning Plan of 1977, while Kropff (2005) states that as early as the 1960s EL ALTO was used to refer to the popular neighborhoods located in the south/southeast area of Bariloche.