Native American youth discourses on language shift and retention: Ideological cross-currents and their implications for language planning

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-677

  McCarty, Teresa L ^a,b   Romero Little, Mary Eunice ^b   Zepeda, Ofelia ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous languages; Language ideologies; Language planning; Language revitalisation; Native American language eduation; Native American youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750709283     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb386.0     Document Type: Review

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