El archivo de Manuel Molina: continuidades y rupturas en la lingüística patagónica del siglo XX.

Toward the end of the 19th Century, linguistic registers on the Patagonian languages were made by the Salesian congregation. This missionary practice fell into disuse later, due to the modification of the linguistic reality of the zone and the change of this Catholic Congregation's objectives. In the middle of the 20th Century, Molina conceived a project of resurgence of the missionary linguistic practices that implied the value of the Salesian contributions as well as the continuation of their registration practices. During this research, he recovered bibliographical sources and met with speakers of various Patagonian languages. This paper analyzes his work methodology, the native speakers' contributions and the selection of published material. It is focused on the comparison of Molina's records in order to elucidate the differences between the collected material and the published one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]