Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects
Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 2001
272 pages
978-1-85359-707-7 (ISBN)
Description
This work explores educational and community efforts to revitalize the Quichua language in two indigenous Andean communities of southern Ecuador. Analyzing the linguistic, social, and cultural processes of positive language shift, this book contributes to our understanding of formal and informal educational efforts to revitalize threatened languages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-707-7 (9781853597077)
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Person
Kendall A. King holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1991), an M.A. in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania (1993), and a Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania (1997). She is presently an Assistant Professor at New York University.
Content
Foreword by Nancy Hornberger
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Language Revitalization
2 Setting the Scene
3 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Lagunas
4 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Tambopamba
5 Quichua Instruction and the Community Schools
6 Prospects and Processes Revisited
Appendices
References
Indices
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Language Revitalization
2 Setting the Scene
3 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Lagunas
4 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Tambopamba
5 Quichua Instruction and the Community Schools
6 Prospects and Processes Revisited
Appendices
References
Indices
