Language use and attitudes toward Kaqchikel and Spanish in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala

Hertel, Tammy Jandrey; Barnes, Hilary

doi:10.1515/ijsl-2020-2113

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“…In her study of the heavily indigenous community of Comalapa, located some 25 km higher in the highlands from Parramos, Garzon (1998) describes a situation in the late 1980s in which bilingualism had spread considerably in comparison to that described by Farber (1978) for the same community. Most recently, Jandrey Hertel and Barnes (2020) examine subjects’ statements about use and attitudes toward Kaqchikel and Spanish in San Marcos La Laguna, on the shore of Lake Atitlán . They highlight attitudes assigning Spanish value for commerce and education, in contrast to ascriptions of value to Kaqchikel for ethnic identity and social cohesion.…”

Section: Studies Of Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish Contactmentioning

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“…Scholars, including Carroll (1962), Gardner (1985), and Dörnyei and Ushioda (2009), have suggested that attitude is one of the most important variables in predicting ability in a learned language. Scholars, including Becker Richards (1998), French (2002), Maxwell (2009), and Jandrey Hertel and Barnes (2020), have also recognized the role of attitudes in publications focusing on the Kaqchikel region . Here, two types of attitudes will be examined.…”

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Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish: Attitudes, domains, and acquisition

Holmquist

Kahn

2022

International Journal of Bilingualism

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Aims and objectives: The goals of this study are to examine attitudes toward Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish in domains of life in a village and a town in central Guatemala and to examine the influence of indigenous participants’ attitudes toward Kaqchikel on Kaqchikel acquisition. Method: The study draws on fieldwork employing interviews and a sociolinguistic questionnaire. To investigate attitudes, we employed questions focusing on the importance of Kaqchikel and Spanish for domains of community life. The questionnaire also tested conversational ability in Kaqchikel. Data and analysis: Responses to the survey questions are examined in quantitative analyses of valuations of the importance of Kaqchikel and Spanish in domains for participants from the village and the town and of the importance of Kaqchikel for indigenous adults and students. Also gauged through quantitative analysis are correlations between attitudes toward the importance of Kaqchikel in the domains and acquired conversational ability in Kaqchikel of indigenous adults and students. Findings: The findings underscore differences and similarities in attitudes toward the two languages in the town and the village as well as differences in the attitudes of indigenous adults and students. The effects of instrumental and integrative attitudes toward Kaqchikel on Kaqchikel acquisition are highlighted for the students. Originality: Points of originality include the size of the participant sample (252), the breakdown of the sample by village and town, and by non-indigenous and indigenous participants and age groups. They include the focus on attitudes toward Kaqchikel as related to the acquisition of conversational ability in Kaqchikel for indigenous adults and students. Implications: The study confirms a shift in attitudes toward the importance of Kaqchikel for indigenous students compared to indigenous adults. For Kaqchikel-language programs for youth, the study underscores the need for fomenting awareness of the importance of Kaqchikel in domains of community life.

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Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish: Attitudes, domains, and acquisition

Holmquist

Kahn

2022

International Journal of Bilingualism

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Las vocales glotalizadas en el español guatemalteco: Un análisis sociofonético entre los hablantes bilingües (español-kaqchikel) y monolingües

McKinnon

2023

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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Resumen En situaciones de contacto intenso entre dos comunidades lingüísticas, es probable que surjan varios cambios lingüísticos debido al contacto. Este estudio expande la investigación del español en contacto con el maya kaqchikel mediante la examinación de la glotalización de las vocales iniciales de palabra, un fenómeno que ocurre obligatoriamente en kaqchikel. Empleando la sociolingüística comparativa, se investigaron no solo los factores lingüísticos y extralingüísticos que influyen la cantidad de glotalización (i.e., presencia de una oclusivas glotal sorda o voz rechinada), sino también su calidad (i.e., porcentaje de glotalización presente en el segmento). Los resultados indican que hay diferencias significativas entre los hablantes bilingües y monolingües, ya que los bilingües tienen una tasa de glotalización más alta; además, la separación de los datos monolingües de los bilingües revela que la glotalización de las vocales iniciales es estable en la comunidad bilingüe, pero hay un cambio en progreso en la población monolingüe. Aparte de analizar los hallazgos en el contexto socioecológico de Guatemala, también se contrastan con otras dos situaciones de contacto (i.e., Paraguay y el Yucatán) para examinar el efecto del nivel de bilingüismo en la sociedad con respecto a la tasa de glotalización.

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Language use and attitudes toward Kaqchikel and Spanish in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala

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Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish: Attitudes, domains, and acquisition

Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish: Attitudes, domains, and acquisition

Las vocales glotalizadas en el español guatemalteco: Un análisis sociofonético entre los hablantes bilingües (español-kaqchikel) y monolingües

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