Linguistic Attitudes towards Maya and Learning Choices of Youth

Monolingual Spanish-Speaking youth in Merida currently state that the Mayan language is valuable and prestigious. Nevertheless, when they choose to learn a second language, preference leans towards English or another language. Motivated by this discrepancy, this study explores attitudes that influen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Sima Lozano, Eyder Gabriel, Perales Escudero, Moisés Damián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Península
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/47501
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/peninsula/article/view/47501
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:jóvenes
monolingües de español
actitudes
maya
inglés
Mérida.
young
monolingual Spanish-Speaking
attitudes
Maya
English
Merida.
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Sumario:Monolingual Spanish-Speaking youth in Merida currently state that the Mayan language is valuable and prestigious. Nevertheless, when they choose to learn a second language, preference leans towards English or another language. Motivated by this discrepancy, this study explores attitudes that influence the decisions of speakers to value one language and study another.