1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464797303321

Titolo

Indigenous literacies in the Americas : language planning from the bottom up / / edited by Nancy H. Hornberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1997

ISBN

3-11-081479-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 75

Altri autori (Persone)

HornbergerNancy H

Disciplina

302.2/244/098

Soggetti

Indians - Languages - Writing

Language planning - America

Written communication - America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Indigenous literacies in the Americas / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- North America -- Teaching and preserving Yup'ik traditional literacy / Wahlberg, Nastasia -- Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible / Lipka, Jerry / Ilustik, Esther -- Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school / Dick, Galena Sells / McCarty, Teresa L. -- Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance / Watahomigie, Lucille J. / McCarty, Teresa L. -- Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming "literate" in an oral society / Benjamin, Rebecca / Pecos, Regis / Romero, Mary Eunice -- Meso America -- Language preservation and publishing / Bernard, H. Russell -- Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi / Ventura, Josefa Leonarda González -- Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience / Pedraza, Jesús Salinas -- Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview / Richards, Julia Becker / Richards, Michael -- South America -- Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru / Godenzzi, Juan Carlos -- An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru / Chirinos, Andres -- Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador /



King, Kendall A. -- Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education / Cotacachi, Mercedes -- Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia / Hornberger, Nancy H. / King, Kendall A. -- To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis / López, Luis Enrique -- Conclusion -- Language planning from the bottom up / Hornberger, Nancy H. -- Afterword -- Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy / Street, Brian V. -- Index

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910329396703321

Titolo

Africa confidential

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford], : Blackwell Publishers

London, : Asempa Ltd

ISSN

1467-6338

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

960/.05

Soggetti

Publications périodiques

Conditions économiques

Politique

Politics and government

Periodicals.

Africa Periodicals

Africa Politics and government Periodicals

Afrique Périodiques

Afrique Politique et gouvernement Périodiques

Afrique

Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed