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Mexican indigenous languages at the dawn of the twenty-first century /

This book provides a valuable insight into the past and present situation of Mexican indigenous languages (MIL). It delves into the dynamics of power that emerged in the Mexican colony as a result of the presence of Spanish, today the dominant language in all public domains. After almost five hundre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hidalgo, Margarita G. (Margarita Guadalupe)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2006.
Colección:Contributions to the sociology of language ; 91.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book provides a valuable insight into the past and present situation of Mexican indigenous languages (MIL). It delves into the dynamics of power that emerged in the Mexican colony as a result of the presence of Spanish, today the dominant language in all public domains. After almost five hundred years, the imbalance of power-sharing functions created the need for structural changes that resulted in the new legislation of 2003. The book also offers innovative classifications of MIL, trends of bilingualism, and new programs of bilingual education. It reinterprets the chronology of language policy in the early colonial period and provides the rationale for reversing language shift in the twenty-first century.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:3110185970
9783110185973
3110197677
9783110197679