Indigenous literacies in the Americas : language planning from the bottom up / edited by Nancy H. Hornberger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hornberger, Nancy H.

Series:

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Languages--Writing.

Indigenous peoples.

Language planning--America.

Language planning.

Written communication--America.

Written communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Indigenous Literacies in the Americas".

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Indigenous literacies in the Americas / Hornberger, Nancy H.

North America

Teaching and preserving Yup'ik traditional literacy / Wahlberg, Nastasia

Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible / Lipka, Jerry / Ilustik, Esther

Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school / Dick, Galena Sells / McCarty, Teresa L.

Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance / Watahomigie, Lucille J. / McCarty, Teresa L.

Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming "literate" in an oral society / Benjamin, Rebecca / Pecos, Regis / Romero, Mary Eunice

Meso America

Language preservation and publishing / Bernard, H. Russell

Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi / Ventura, Josefa Leonarda González

Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience / Pedraza, Jesús Salinas

Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview / Richards, Julia Becker / Richards, Michael

South America

Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru / Hornberger, Nancy H.

Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru / Godenzzi, Juan Carlos

An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru / Chirinos, Andres

Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador / King, Kendall A.

Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education / Cotacachi, Mercedes

Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia / Hornberger, Nancy H. / King, Kendall A.

To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis / López, Luis Enrique

Conclusion

Language planning from the bottom up / Hornberger, Nancy H.

Afterword

Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy / Street, Brian V.

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index.

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ISBN:

9783110814798

311081479X

OCLC:

922947883