Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects: Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes

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Book

Authors

King ( Kendall A King )

ISBN 10

1853594946

ISBN 13

9781853594946

Tags

Instruction, Linguistics, Social Sciences, Theory, Education, Foreign Languages

Description

This work explores educational and community efforts to revitalize the Quichua language in two indigenous Andean communities of southern Ecuador. Analyzing the linguistic, social, and cultural processes of positive language shift, this book contributes to our understanding of formal and informal educational efforts to revitalize threatened languages.

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