Growing up monolingual in a bilingual community: The Quichua revitalization paradox  

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Rindstedt, Camilla

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language in Society (ada di PROQUEST) vol. 31 no. 5 (Nov. 2002), page 721–742..
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The present investigation concerns language ideology and language prac- tices in relation to a language shift – from Quichua-Spanish bilingualism to Spanish monolingualism – that seems to be under way. The analyses are based on fieldwork in an Ecuadorian sierra community characterized by ethnic revitalization. Among adult comuneros , the vernacular is seen as an essential part of their Indian cultural heritage. In the children’s daily lives, the adults, particularly women and the elderly, speak Quichua among them- selves, yet children are not addressed in the vernacular by either parents or elder siblings, and those under 10 years of age are generally more or less monolingual in Spanish. The paradoxical mismatch between ideology and daily practices – the ethnic revitalization paradox – is analyzed in light of Quichua speaking practices in intergenerational encounters, and in chil- dren’s play dialogues. Ultimately, being Quichua means something different to members of each generation. (Quichua, language shift, ethnic revitaliza- tion, language socialization)*

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