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Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects

Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects

Prof. Kendall A. King

(2001)

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Abstract

This work explores educational and community efforts to revitalize the Quichua language in two indigenous Andean communities of southern Ecuador. Analyzing the linguistic, social, and cultural processes of positive language shift, this book contributes to our understanding of formal and informal educational efforts to revitalize threatened languages.

Kendall A. King holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1991), an M.A. in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania (1993), and a Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania (1997). She is presently an Assistant Professor at New York University.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Language Revitalization 1
Chapter 2 Setting the Scene 33
Chapter 3 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Lagunas 70
Chapter 4 Language Use and Ethnic Identity in Tambopamba 108
Chapter 5 Quichua Instruction and the Community Schools 139
Chapter 6 Prospects and Processes Revisited 185
Appendices 232
References 240
Indices 254