The author presents a comprehensive look at language use and
attitudes among the Kiche people of Guatemala. The book combines
qualitative and quantitive analyses to test two hypotheses: (1)
that K'iche' and Spanish are in a stable diglossic relationship and
(2) that there is a significant relationship between language use
and degree of acceptance of modern (i.e., nontraditional) identity
factors in K'iche' communities. The study examines seven K'iche'
communities, using the field notes and observational data collected
over a two-year period. The analysis of the qualitative data
follows the framework of Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory. The
quantitive analysis is based on Fishman's notion of domains of use
(who speaks what to whom and when). This book will appeal to
sociolinguists interested in factors affecting language maintenance
and shift, Mayanists who are involved in current efforts to
revitalize and maintain the languages of Guatemala, and language
planners and policy makers who desire to trace the outworkings of
language policy decisions in an actual language-use context. M.
Paul Lewis earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown
University, Washington D.C. He began fieldwork in Guatemala in 1975
and has worked among the K'iche', Uspanteko, and Ixil peoples in
Guatemala. He was the International Sociolinguistics Coordinator,
1996-2002 and is currently an International Sociolinguistics
Consultant.
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