Language Maintenance in the Meseta Purépecha Region of Michoacán, Mexico  

Oleh:

Ragone, Agnes ; Marr, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 48 no. 2 (Mar. 2006), page 109-131.
Fulltext: Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 109-131.pdf (3.11MB)

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Since the conquest of Michoacan, Mexico, in the mid-1500s, the Purepecha (Tarascan) people and language have experienced significant geo graphic contraction due to the encroachment of Spanish. Today Purepecha speakers are found chiefly in the Meseta Purepecha region, to the exclusion of other areas in Michoacan. While Spanish has become the dominant language in the larger commercial and administrative centers, the Purepecha language remains dominant in the countryside. This research examines Spanish and Purepecha use and maintenance relative to the degree of accessibility or isola tion of various towns and to the principle function (commercial, governmental, agricultural, etc.) of these towns. In regard to language use and maintenance, three main types of towns emerge, which have been mapped to show the lin guistic patterns of the Meseta Purepecha.

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