Language documentation and revitalization in Latin American contexts / edited by Gabriela Pérez Báez, Chris Rogers, Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pérez Báez, Gabriela, editor.

Rogers, Chris, editor.

Rosés Labrada, Jorge Emilio, editor.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Volume 295.

Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs, 1861-4302 ; Volume 295

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Language revival--Latin America.

Language revival.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Up to now, the focus in the field of language documentation has been predominantly on North American and Australian languages. However, the greatest genetic diversity in languages is found in Latin America, home to over 100 distinct language families. This book gives the Latin American context the attention it requires by consolidating the work of field researchers experienced in the region into one volume for the first time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Perspectives for the documentation of indigenous languages in Brazil

3. Accessibility to results and primary data of research on indigenous languages of Mexico

4. The revitalization of Wixárika: A community project in the midwest region of Mexico

5. Reclamation initiatives in non-speaker communities: The case of two Nahua communities in the south of Jalisco State, Mexico

6. Structural outcomes of obsolescence and revitalization: Documenting variation among the Kukama-Kukamirias

7. Addressing the gap between community beliefs and priorities and researchers’ language maintenance interests

8. The linguist gaining access to the indigenous populations: Sharing cultural and linguistic knowledge in South America

9. Life histories, language attitudes and linguistic variation: Navigating the micropolitics of language revitalization in an Otomí community in Mexico

10. Indigenous authenticity as a goal of language documentation and revitalization: Addressing the motivations in the Xinkan community

11. Language documentation in two communities with high migration rates

12. Linguistic ideologies as a crucial factor in language revitalization: A look at the Mayangna languages of Nicaragua

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110428940

3110428946

9783110428902

3110428903

OCLC:

957575198