Publications

Publication details [#55035]

Flores Farfán, José Antonio. 2011. Keeping the fire alive: a decade of language revitalization in Mexico. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2011 (212) : 189–209.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | language and culture | language maintenance | language revival | language shift

Language as a subject

Maya | Mexicano

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study surveys the outcomes and ongoing efforts of a decade-long enterprise to secure and advance the cultural and linguistic heritage of a number of indigenous Mexican groups (e.g. the native Mexicano speaking Nahua people and the Maya).