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Publication details [#29401]

Cifuentes, Bárbara. 1994. Las lenguas amerindias y la conformación de la lengua nacional en México en el siglo XIX. Language Problems and Language Planning 18 (3) : 208–222.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

Spanish

Keywords

language and culture | language policy | language status | multilingualism | national language

Language as a subject

Languages, Mexican

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper deals with issues related to the choice of a national language in 19th-century Mexico, such as the role of members of scientific societies in this process and thinkers' and political leaders' attitudes towards indigenous languages.