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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina, author (author), Salmon, William, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The University of North Carolina Press
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.