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Publication details [#60217]

Mihas, Elena. 2015. An ethnography of the standardization reform: A case of policy-making in the context of the Upper Perené Arawak community of Peru. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2015 (234) : 161–188.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language maintenance | language policy | language shift | spelling | standardization

Language as a subject

Ashéninka, Perené | Spanish, Peruvian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper discusses on-the-ground, speaker-age linked acceptance vs. rejection of the Peruvian state-initiated standardization reform of the Perené Ashéninka language, according to the spelling conventions of the rivalling Tambo Asháninka variety, given notable decrease of Perené Ashéninka use, caused by community-wide shift to the national Spanish language.