3 What are Language Academies Good For?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Part 1: Setting The Scene
7. 1 Why Study a Language Academy? 3
8. 2 Theoretical Paradigms: Dynamics of Language Change 19
9. 3 What are Language Academies Good For? 31
10. 4 Language Policy and Planning in Peru: A Brief History 45
11. Part 2: High Academy of the Quechua Language: Foundations
12. 5 Quest for Official Recognition 75
13. 6 Anatomy of an Academy: Structure, Membership, Statutes 88
14. Part 3: Inventing Tawantinsuyu and Qhapaq Simi: Ideologies of the HAQL
15. 7 Imagining a ‘Nation’, Idealizing a Language 107
16. 8 Constructing and Deconstructing Expertise 126
17. 9 Allies or Enemies? Collaborating with the HAQL 142
18. Part 4: Empowering Inca Quechua: Language Planning à la HAQL
19. 10 Status Planning with the HAQL 159
20. 11 Corpus Planning’s Alphabet Wars: Quechua Graphization 177
21. 12 Standardizing and Modernizing Quechua: An Ongoing Dilemma 196
22. Part 5: Spreading the Language of the Apus: Acquisition Planning and Revitalization Struggles
23. 13 Preparing for Pedagogy 217
24. 14 Learning Quechua with the HAQL 231
25. 15 Where Do We Go From Here? Final Thoughts and Recommendations 246
26. Appendix 1: Log of Audio-Recorded Data 257
27. Appendix 2: Publications Associated with the HAQL Related to Status, Corpus and Acquisition Planning 260
28. References 269
29. Index 281