Tropical Tongues Language Ideologies, Endangerment, and Minority Languages in Belize

• Hovedforfatter: Salmon, William Noel (auth)
• Andre forfattere: Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina (auth)
• Format: Electronisk Book Chapter
• Sprog: engelsk
• Udgivet: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
• Fag: History of the Americas
• Online adgang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tropical Tongues: Language Ideologies, Endangerment, and Minority Languages in Belize examines the precarious state of languages in coastal 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 Engl...