Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas (Hardcover)

Focusing on the Americas - home to 40 to 50 million Indigenous people - this book explores the history and current state of Indigenous language revitalization across this vast region. Complementary chapters on the USA and Canada, and Latin America and the Caribbean, offer a panoramic view while tracing nuanced trajectories of "top down" (official) and "bottom up" (grass roots) language planning and policy initiatives. Authored by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, the book is organized around seven overarching themes: Policy and Politics; Processes of Language Shift and Revitalization; The Home-School-Community Interface; Local and Global Perspectives; Linguistic Human Rights; Revitalization Programs and Impacts; New Domains for Indigenous Languages Providing a comprehensive, hemisphere-wide scholarly and practical source, this singular collection simultaneously fills a gap in the language revitalization literature and contributes to Indigenous language revitalization efforts.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2016
First published:	2015
Editors:	Serafin M. Coronel-Molina • Teresa L. McCarty
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-81081-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
LSN:	0-415-81081-7
Barcode:	9780415810814

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