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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The lush tongues of the Americas
  • The languages of Belize in context
  • Kriol: from minority to national language
  • Mopan: between tradition and change
  • Garifuna: an ethnolinguistic identity in flux
  • Forces of change on language ecologies in Belize.

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