The "Ecology of Pressures" in the Shift of an Indigenous Language to Spanish. The Presentation of a Model
Mexico represents a multilingual context in which certain pressures bring about a language shift among speakers of indigenous languages (IL) to speak Spanish. This occurs when the balance of "linguistic ecology" is disturbed (MÜHLHÄUSLER 1996). The purpose of this article is to present and...
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Language: | deu |
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FQS
2006-09-01
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Series: | Forum: Qualitative Social Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/167 |