Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas

Autor:	Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, Teresa L. McCarty
Předmět:	Sociolinguistics--America, Language policy--America, Language revival--America, Anthropological linguistics--America, Language and culture--America
Kategorie:	EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, EDUCATION / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy
Popis:	Focusing on the Americas – home to 40 to 50 million Indigenous people – this book explores the history and current state of Indigenous language revitalization across this vast region. Complementary chapters on the USA and Canada, and Latin America and the Caribbean, offer a panoramic view while tracing nuanced trajectories of'top down'(official) and'bottom up'(grass roots) language planning and policy initiatives. Authored by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, the book is organized around seven overarching themes: Policy and Politics; Processes of Language Shift and Revitalization; The Home-School-Community Interface; Local and Global Perspectives; Linguistic Human Rights; Revitalization Programs and Impacts; New Domains for Indigenous LanguagesProviding a comprehensive, hemisphere-wide scholarly and practical source, this singular collection simultaneously fills a gap in the language revitalization literature and contributes to Indigenous language revitalization efforts.
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