Real Men Don't Speak Quiche: Quiche Ethnicity, Kiche Ethnic Movement, K'iche' Nationalism  

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Lewis, M. Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Problems and Language Planning vol. 17 no. 1 (1993), page 37-54.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LPL/17 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Alphabets represent, both literally and figuratively, the linguistic and ethnic identities of a group. The process of change in ethnic identity of the Quiche people in Guatemala, Central America can be followed by examining the orthographic conventions that have been proposed or adopted beginning with the alphabets approved in the early 1940s, through the proposed alphabets of Adrian Chavez, and up to the most recent alphabets approved by Presidential decree in 1987. These changes coincide rather closely with the different types of ethnic organization identified by Pau1ston. The evidence suggests that the Mayan groups in general, and the Quiches in particular, have moved from being an ethnicity, past being an ethnic movement, to what Paulston identifies as an ethnic nationality. The passive nature of an ethnicity is reflected in the passive acceptance of the assimilationist alphabets proposed in 1940. The charismatic leadership of one such as Adrian Chavez and his proposal of a dissimilationist alphabet represent the features of an ethnic movement. The 1987 alphabet reform with its heavy emphasis on unification and the shared Mayan distinctives demonstrates many of the features of ethnic nationalism.

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