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Publication details [#58156]

Pérez Báez, Gabriela. 2013. Family language policy, transnationalism, and the diaspora community of San Lucas Quiaviní of Oaxaca, Mexico. Language Policy 12 (1) : 27–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family role | immigrant | language maintenance | language policy | language shift

Language as a subject

Zapotec

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

The survival of San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec in both the Mexican home and Los Angeles diaspora community heavily depends on a supportive family language policy, as family-external language interference factors (like school and peer groups) foster language shift.