Language And Literacy Planning And Local Contexts: The Case Of A Raramuri Community

Language And Literacy Planning And Local Contexts: The Case Of A Rarámuri Community Carla Paciotto, 2010   On the basis of a ten-month ethnography of a Rarámuri school and community, this article contributes to the understanding of the role of sociolinguistic and socioeconomic contexts in creating Indigenous-language maintenance programs. Employing concepts of micro- and macrolevel variables in language endangerment and language vitality scales, it provides an example of how these...

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