Screen LibraryIndigenous literacies in the americas : language planning from the bottom up /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©1997 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Contributions to the sociology of language [csl] ;
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110814798 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110814798.jpg |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (394pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110814798 |
| Index Number: | P21 |
| CLC: | H83 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Indigenous literacies in the Americas -- North America -- Teaching and preserving Yup ik traditional literacy -- Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible -- Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school -- Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance -- Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming literate in an oral society -- Meso America -- Language preservation and publishing -- Experiences in the development of a writing system for uu Savi -- Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience -- Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview -- South America -- Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru -- Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru -- An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru -- Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador -- Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education -- Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia -- To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis -- Conclusion -- Language planning from the bottom up -- Afterword -- Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy -- Index |