Local reactions to perceived language decline
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2995349 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucille J Watahomigie, Akira Y Yamamoto |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-17 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lan.1992.0076 |
| OpenAlex | W1997350198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
In schools, from kindergarten through high school, the language of instruction was English. When students who had been taught in English left school, they were speaking English. When they married, they spoke English to their children. ‘Indians’ no longer spoke their native languages as their primary means of communication. This was the perceived state of affairs in relation to the Hualapai language in the mid 1970s. Many members of the community thought that English was taking over their ancestral language and that their traditions were about to disappear. In response to this threat of rapid language decline, a long and tedious process of forming a community language team began, with the Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program as its central force
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2022 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |