Introduction: Indigenous language regimes in the Americas
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2017-06-02
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The Americas are a multilingual, pluricultural, and multiethnic territory where asymmetrical relationships of political, economic, sociocultural, and linguistic power have existed for centuries despite all the efforts that have been made to alleviate these situations. Language regimes constitute a set of regulations that prescribe which languages should be used when, where, how, by whom, and under what circumstances. According to Kroskrity (2000a: 3), “‘Regimes of language,’ as both image and title, [...] promised to integrate two often segre- gated domains: politics (without language) and language (without politics)”. This means that language regimes are political constructs, where ideologies function as linguistic and discursive practices. (For more information about language regimes and language ideologies, see Cardinal and Sontag 2016; Gazzola 2014; Gustafson 2009; Howard 2007; Kroskrity 2000a; Kroskrity and Field 2010; Kroskrity et al. 1992; Liu 2015; Schiefffelin et al. 1998).
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This record is for a(n) offprint of an article published in International Journal of Sociology of Language on 2017-06-02; the version of record is available at https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2017-0010.
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Coronel-Molina, Serafin M. "Introduction: Indigenous language regimes in the Americas." International Journal of Sociology of Language, no. Issue 246, 2017-6-2, https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2017-0010.
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International Journal of Sociology of Language