While language can operate as a link to an idyllic personal past and a concrete notion of identity, it risks tying the speaker to a predetermined concept of self. But, if he were to lose his language or if it were replaced, would he sever himself from his home? Drawing on this new language, could he create a new notion of self, and subsequently a new identity? For the exiled, language may bridge “the unhealable rift between the self and its true home,” described by Edward Saïd (49). LINGUISTIC VAGABONDAGE: THE DRIVING FORCE IN JACQUES POULIN’S VOLKSWAGEN BLUES ROBERT SAPP MOVING across the world, the nomad carries his home in his native language. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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