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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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The University of North Carolina Press
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Colección: | Studies in Latin America.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429955306719 |
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.