Berlin/Boston Walter de Gruyter 2006 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 393 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Maps, Charts. Contributions to the Sociology of Language [Csl], 91.

ISBN10: 3110185970, ISBN13: 9783110185973, [publisher: De Gruyter Mouton] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 3110185970, ISBN13: 9783110185973, [publisher: De Gruyter Mouton] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 3110185970, ISBN13: 9783110185973, [publisher: De Gruyter Mouton] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume explores the reversing language shift (RLS) theory in the Mexican scenario from various viewpoints: The sociohistorical perspective delves into the dynamics of power that emerged in the Mexican colony as a result of the presence of Spanish. It examines the processes of external and internal Indianization affecting the early European protagonists and the varied dimensions of language shift and maintenance of the Mexican colonial period. The Mexican case sheds light upon language contact from the time in which Western civilization came into contact with the Mesoamerican peoples, for the encounter began with a demographic catastrophe that motivated a recovery mission. While the recovery of Mexican indigenous languages (MIL) was remarkable, RLS ended after fifty years of abundant productivity in MIL. Since then, the slow process of recovery is related to demographic changes, socioreligious movements, rebellion, confrontation, and survival strategies that have fostered language maintenance with bilingualism and language shift with culture preservation. The causes of the Chiapas uprising are analyzed in connection with the language attitudes of the indigenous peoples, while language policy is discussed in reference to the new Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Peoples (2003). A quantitative classification of the MIL ...
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