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Facing the Rhetoric of Language Endangerment: Voicing the Consequences of Linguistic Racism
Author(s) -
Kroskrity Paul V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of linguistic anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1548-1395
pISSN - 1055-1360
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01105.x
Subject(s) - nahuatl , indexicality , sociology , racism , linguistics , indigenous , rhetoric , voice , gender studies , philosophy , ecology , biology
Jane Hill has made major contributions to the study of linguistic racism (1999, 2008 ), the discursive strategies of outside advocates for endangered languages ( 2002 ), and the representation of Nahuatl individuals as thoughtful yet constrained social actors from speech communities undergoing language shift ( 1985, 1998 ). Her work provides important precedents that enable readers to appreciate these speakers' “lived” experiences of their indigenous languages through understanding their indexical connections to culturally valued areas of use as well as to pervasive social inequalities. I discuss these precedents and their influence on my research on members of Western Mono and Arizona Tewa communities. [linguistic racism, language endangerment, language shift, linguistic marginalization, voices, Nahuatl, Western Mono, Arizona Tewa]