The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss

The Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson analysis of linguistic human rights is used as a basis for understanding language replacement phenomena in the United States. Use of Spanish in Chicano communities is shifting rapidly to English despite the huge numbers of recent immigrants who are dominant in Span...

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Author: Hernández Chávez, Eduardo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1989
Country:México
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Repository:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCS
Language:English
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Online Access:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/447
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Keyword:Linguicism
minority cultures
acculturation
border
Language Arts
language
Language acquisition
Anthropology
Ethnology
Culture and cultural processes
Social sciences
Sociology
culture
migrants
International relations
International cultural relations
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spelling The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language lossHernández Chávez, EduardoLinguicismminority culturesacculturationborderLanguage ArtslanguageLanguage acquisitionAnthropologyEthnologyCulture and cultural processesSocial sciencesSociologyculturemigrantsInternational relationsInternational cultural relationsThe Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson analysis of linguistic human rights is used as a basis for understanding language replacement phenomena in the United States. Use of Spanish in Chicano communities is shifting rapidly to English despite the huge numbers of recent immigrants who are dominant in Spanish. Accompanying this shift is a precipitous loss of proficiency by Spanish speakers. Such replacement of a language does not depend on personal choices made by speakers, but on the socio-political conditions within the country. Political goals of profits, exploitation, and hegemony drive classist, racist and ethnicist policies whose purpose is to neutralize resistance to the status quo. These are couched in liberal-sounding myths that justify linguicism, which strives to suppress minority cultures and to acculturate their members in order to pacify perceived ethnic group conflict. The Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson Linguicism Continuumn is used to demonstrate the degree of linguistic repression in selected U.S. institutions.Universidad Autónoma de Baja California1989-01-012021-06-03T03:37:12Z2021-06-03T03:37:12Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionExplanatory researchapplication/pdfhttps://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/44710.21670/ref.1989.18-19.a07 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/6792Estudios Fronterizos Revista; No. 18-19 (1989); 123-135Estudios Fronterizos; Núm. 18-19 (1989); 123-1352395-91340187-6961reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la UABCSinstname:Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Surinstacron:UABCSenghttps://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/447/673Derechos de autor 2015 Estudios Fronterizos Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidadesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorioinstitucional.uabc.mx:20.500.12930/67922024-09-18T21:36:30Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
title The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
spellingShingle The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
Hernández Chávez, Eduardo
Linguicism
minority cultures
acculturation
border
Language Arts
language
Language acquisition
Anthropology
Ethnology
Culture and cultural processes
Social sciences
Sociology
culture
migrants
International relations
International cultural relations
title_short The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
title_full The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
title_fullStr The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
title_full_unstemmed The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
title_sort The role of suppressive language policies in language shift and language loss
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernández Chávez, Eduardo
author Hernández Chávez, Eduardo
author_facet Hernández Chávez, Eduardo
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Linguicism
minority cultures
acculturation
border
Language Arts
language
Language acquisition
Anthropology
Ethnology
Culture and cultural processes
Social sciences
Sociology
culture
migrants
International relations
International cultural relations
topic Linguicism
minority cultures
acculturation
border
Language Arts
language
Language acquisition
Anthropology
Ethnology
Culture and cultural processes
Social sciences
Sociology
culture
migrants
International relations
International cultural relations
description The Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson analysis of linguistic human rights is used as a basis for understanding language replacement phenomena in the United States. Use of Spanish in Chicano communities is shifting rapidly to English despite the huge numbers of recent immigrants who are dominant in Spanish. Accompanying this shift is a precipitous loss of proficiency by Spanish speakers. Such replacement of a language does not depend on personal choices made by speakers, but on the socio-political conditions within the country. Political goals of profits, exploitation, and hegemony drive classist, racist and ethnicist policies whose purpose is to neutralize resistance to the status quo. These are couched in liberal-sounding myths that justify linguicism, which strives to suppress minority cultures and to acculturate their members in order to pacify perceived ethnic group conflict. The Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson Linguicism Continuumn is used to demonstrate the degree of linguistic repression in selected U.S. institutions.
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