Publications

Publication details [#44518]

McCarty, Teresa L., Ofelia Zepeda and Mary Eunice Romero-Little. 2006. Native American Youth Discourses on Language Shift and Retention: Ideological Cross- currents and Their Implications for Language Planning. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9 (5) : 659–677.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | language maintenance | language planning | language shift | youth

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper argues that Navajo youth discourses on native language shift and retention in the US Southwest constitute a powerful call to educational planning action for communities and schools serving Native American students.