Los ecuatorianismos como elementos de la identidad cultural y social en el ámbito educativo

Abstract

The objective of the present research is to identify the words used in Ecuador with their meaning, to indicate frequency, validity, profile and level of the language, as well as their representativeness and cultural and social identity. The research was carried out in the city of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, both in its urban and rural area, in the "La Reforma" enclosure. The instrument chosen to carry out this investigative work is the survey, which was applied to a population of thirty people of different age and educational levels: professionals and non-professionals consulting about forty words, previously chosen. To fulfill the objectives, a didactic guide was used, which allowed to evaluate the different categories that allow identifying a word like Ecuadorian idioms. In this way, it was possible to conclude that the cultural and social identity of Ecuador represented in language is being lost over the years, young people are the most affected by external acculturation, to the point that they do not know the ancestral linguistic terms that, for their elders, are icons representative of cultural and social identity