Indigenous Literacies in the Americas: Language Planning from the Bottom up

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Indigenous Literacies in the Americas

Language Planning from the Bottom up

Edited by: Nancy H. Hornberger

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1997

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Volume 75 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Indigenous literacies in the Americas Nancy H. Hornberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
North America
Teaching and preserving Yup’ik traditional literacy Nastasia Wahlberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible Jerry Lipka and Esther Ilustik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school Galena Sells Dick and Teresa L. McCarty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance Lucille J. Watahomigie and Teresa L. McCarty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming “literate” in an oral society Rebecca Benjamin, Regis Pecos and Mary Eunice Romero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Meso America
Language preservation and publishing H. Russell Bernard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi Josefa Leonarda González Ventura Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience Jesús Salinas Pedraza Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview Julia Becker Richards and Michael Richards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
South America
Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru Nancy H. Hornberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru Juan Carlos Godenzzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru Andres Chirinos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador Kendall A. King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education Mercedes Cotacachi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia Nancy H. Hornberger and Kendall A. King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis Luis Enrique López Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	321
Conclusion
Language planning from the bottom up Nancy H. Hornberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	357
Afterword
Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy Brian V. Street Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387

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eBook published on:

October 25, 2012

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9783110814798

Hardcover published on:

November 22, 1996

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110152173

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Reprint 2012

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393

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16

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2

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4 Ktn.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110814798

eBook ISBN: 9783110814798

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110152173

Keywords for this book

Amerika; Sprachpolitik; Aufsatzsammlung

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