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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Hoofdauteurs: Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina (Auteur), Salmon, William (Auteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Chapel Hill : Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [2018]
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.