Germination, early development, and creativity in the acquisition of the Yucatec Maya deictic system
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000920000689
Abstract: Abstract The Yucatec Maya language has a highly complex deictic system with interesting typological differences that in addition to demonstratives and locative adverbs also includes ostensive evidentials and modal adverbs. Given that deictic words are… read more here.
Keywords: system; yucatec; yucatec maya; deictic system ... See more keywords
Yucatec Maya language planning and the struggle of the linguistic standardization process
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DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2019-2048
Abstract: Abstract This study on Yucatec Maya language planning analyzes the linguistic standardization process over a six-year period. The primary research site was the programa, a mandatory Yucatec Maya course for 1,600 Indigenous Education teachers in… read more here.
Keywords: language planning; standardization; yucatec maya; maya ... See more keywords
Lenguas indígenas en el mercado lingüístico: retos y perspectivas para la vitalidad del maya yucateco
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DOI: 10.1515/zrp-2017-0053
Abstract: In the Yucatec peninsula, Spanish and Yucatec Maya coexist in a diglossic context where Spanish is considered the high prestige variety, while Yucatec Maya is mainly spoken in informal, private settings. Even though there have… read more here.
Keywords: mercado ling; ind genas; yucatec maya; lenguas ind ... See more keywords