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

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1997
• Edizione: Reprint 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.2/244/098
• Soggetto topico: Indians - Languages - Writing; Language planning - America; Written communication - America
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HornbergerNancy H
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Indigenous literacies in the Americas
• ISBN: 3-11-081479-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464797303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]