Indigenous Literacies in the Americas : : Language Planning from the Bottom up / / ed. by Nancy H. Hornberger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Benjamin, Rebecca,; Bernard, H. Russell,; Chirinos, Andres,; Cotacachi, Mercedes,; Dick, Galena Sells,; Godenzzi, Juan Carlos,; Hornberger, Nancy H.,; Ilustik, Esther,; King, Kendall A.,; Lipka, Jerry,; López, Luis Enrique,; McCarty, Teresa L.,; Pecos, Regis,; Pedraza, Jesús Salinas,; Richards, Julia Becker,; Richards, Michael,; Romero, Mary Eunice,; Street, Brian V.,; Ventura, Josefa Leonarda González,; Wahlberg, Nastasia,; Watahomigie, Lucille J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hornberger, Nancy H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 75
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (393 p.) :; 4 Ktn.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Indigenous literacies in the Americas --; North America --; Teaching and preserving Yup’ik traditional literacy --; Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible --; Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school --; Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance --; Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming “literate” in an oral society --; Meso America --; Language preservation and publishing --; Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi --; Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience --; Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview --; South America --; Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru --; Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru --; An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru --; Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador --; Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education --; Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia --; To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis --; Conclusion --; Language planning from the bottom up --; Afterword --; Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110814798; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-0676
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110814798
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Nancy H. Hornberger.