Tropical Tongues : Language Ideologies, Endangerment, and Minority Languages in Belize /

"In the period following the country's independence in 1981, Kriol has risen to the level of a national language. While the prestige enjoyed by English and Spanish is indisputable, a range of historical and socio-economic developments has given Kriol an elevated status in the coastal distr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina (Autor), Salmon, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mopan dialect.
Languages in contact.
Language and languages.
Garifuna language.
Creole dialects, English.
Caraïbe noir (Langue) > Belize.
Mopan (Langue) > Belize.
Langues creoles (anglaises) > Belize.
Langues en contact > Belize.
Garifuna language > Belize.
Mopan dialect > Belize.
Creole dialects, English > Belize.
Languages in contact > Belize.
Belize.
Belize > Langues.
Belize > Languages.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In the period following the country's independence in 1981, Kriol has risen to the level of a national language. While the prestige enjoyed by English and Spanish is indisputable, a range of historical and socio-economic developments has given Kriol an elevated status in the coastal districts at the potential expense of more vulnerable minority languages also spoken there. Using fieldwork, ethnographic observations, interviews, and surveys of language attitudes and use, Gómez Menjívar and Salmon show the attenuation of Mopan and Garifuna alongside the stigmatized yet robust Kriol language. Examin[es] how large-scale economic restructuring can unsettle relationships among minority languages"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469641416
Acceso:Open Access

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