Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?
Nancy H. . Ed(S): Hornberger
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Description for Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?
Hardback. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hñähñö in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.
This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hñähñö in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230013322
SKU
V9780230013322
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99-15
About Nancy H. . Ed(S): Hornberger
RICHARD HILL Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand VUOKKO HIRVONEN Associate Professor at the Saami University College in Guovdageaidnu, Norway LEENA HUSS Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Multiethnic Research at Uppsala University, Sweden NKONKO M. KAMWANGAMALU Professor of Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, Howard University, ... Read more
Reviews for Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?
' The book is a must for anyone interested in the revival of indigenous languages.' Birgit Brock-Utne, Compare ' highly interesting and well integrated chapters delighted me with qualitative details and gems of wisdom ' Carol Benson, Language Policy