02582oam 22005054a 450 991052486610332120210915044934.0(CKB)5360000000001777(OCoLC)1099133054(MdBmJHUP)muse73811(EXLCZ)99536000000000177720170927d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTropical TonguesLanguage Ideologies, Endangerment, and Minority Languages in Belize /Jennifer Carolina Gómez Menjívar and William Noel SalmonThe University of North Carolina Press1 online resource (xvii, 105 pages)Studies in Latin America1-4696-4139-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-105).The lush tongues of the Americas -- The languages of Belize in context -- Kriol: from minority to national language -- Mopan: between tradition and change -- Garifuna: an ethnolinguistic identity in flux -- Forces of change on language ecologies in Belize."In the period following the country's independence in 1981, Kriol has risen to the level of a national language. While the prestige enjoyed by English and Spanish is indisputable, a range of historical and socio-economic developments has given Kriol an elevated status in the coastal districts at the potential expense of more vulnerable minority languages also spoken there. Using fieldwork, ethnographic observations, interviews, and surveys of language attitudes and use, Gómez Menjívar and Salmon show the attenuation of Mopan and Garifuna alongside the stigmatized yet robust Kriol language. Examin[es] how large-scale economic restructuring can unsettle relationships among minority languages" --Provided by publisher.Studies in Latin America.Garifuna languageBelizeMopan dialectBelizeCreole dialects, EnglishBelizeLanguages in contactBelizeBelizeLanguagesElectronic books. Garifuna languageMopan dialectCreole dialects, EnglishLanguages in contact306.44/97282Gómez Menjívar Jennifer Carolina1115792Salmon WilliamMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524866103321Tropical Tongues2642846UNINA