8. The linguist gaining access to the indigenous populations: Sharing cultural and linguistic knowledge in South America

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. Perspectives for the documentation of indigenous languages in Brazil 29
5. 3. Accessibility to results and primary data of research on indigenous languages of Mexico 59
6. 4. The revitalization of Wixárika: A community project in the midwest region of Mexico 81
7. 5. Reclamation initiatives in non-speaker communities: The case of two Nahua communities in the south of Jalisco State, Mexico 109
8. 6. Structural outcomes of obsolescence and revitalization: Documenting variation among the Kukama-Kukamirias 143
9. 7. Addressing the gap between community beliefs and priorities and researchers’ language maintenance interests 165
10. 8. The linguist gaining access to the indigenous populations: Sharing cultural and linguistic knowledge in South America 195
11. 9. Life histories, language attitudes and linguistic variation: Navigating the micropolitics of language revitalization in an Otomí community in Mexico 215
12. 10. Indigenous authenticity as a goal of language documentation and revitalization: Addressing the motivations in the Xinkan community 247
13. 11. Language documentation in two communities with high migration rates 273
14. 12. Linguistic ideologies as a crucial factor in language revitalization: A look at the Mayangna languages of Nicaragua 305
15. Index 345