Growing up monolingual in a bilingual community: The Quichua revitalization paradox

Autor:	Karin Aronsson, Camilla Rindstedt
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Language shift Sociology and Political Science Language ideology Sociology Relation (history of concept) Neuroscience of multilingualism Language and Linguistics Linguistics
Zdroj:	Language in Society. 31:721-742
ISSN:	1469-8013 0047-4045
Popis:	The present investigation concerns language ideology and language practices in relation to a language shift – from Quichua-Spanish bilingualism to Spanish monolingualism – that seems to be under way. The analyses are based on fieldwork in an Ecuadorian sierra community characterized by ethnic revitalization. Among adult comuneros, the vernacular is seen as an essential part of their Indian cultural heritage. In the children's daily lives, the adults, particularly women and the elderly, speak Quichua among themselves, yet children are not addressed in the vernacular by either parents or elder siblings, and those under 10 years of age are generally more or less monolingual in Spanish. The paradoxical mismatch between ideology and daily practices – the ethnic revitalization paradox – is analyzed in light of Quichua speaking practices in intergenerational encounters, and in children's play dialogues. Ultimately, being Quichua means something different to members of each generation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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