Toward an interactional approach to multilingualism: Ideologies and practices in the northwest Amazon

Stenzel, Kristine; Williams, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2021.05.010

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“…Most of these studies are performed in societies where the norm is exogamy—the practice of taking marriage partners from other groups. Language ideologies in exogamous societies are discussed in South America (Chernela, 2013; Epps, 2018; Fleming, 2016; Stenzel & Williams, 2021), Australia (Singer & Harris, 2016), Vanuatu (François, 2012), China (Stanford, 2009; Stanford & Pan, 2013), Siberia (Khanina, 2021), and Africa (Di Carlo, Good, & Ojong, 2019; Lüpke, 2016). Stanford and Pan (2013) suggested to lay “the foundation for a typology of the sociolinguistics of exogamy.”…”

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Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan

Dobrushina

2022

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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Studies of multilingual systems found in Indigenous smallscale communities often assume that exogamous marriages are the norm in such societies and contribute to their linguistic diversity. This paper is an account of the language ideology of endogamous societies in rural highland Daghestan (Northeast Caucasus). By studying language policing and language choice in infrequent mixed marriages, the paper uncovers the beliefs that support endogamy and reveals issues of linguistic identity and attitudes toward the usage of the matrilect within the family and the village. Interviews show that in-married women do not bring new languages to the villages, because they quickly acquire the local language new to them and use it with all their in-laws and their children. A strong association between villages and languages together with the ideology supporting linguistic homogeneity within the village contributes to the maintenance of the regional linguistic diversity.

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Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan

Dobrushina

2022

Journal of Sociolinguistics

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Ecuadorian Quechua and Quechuan classification

Floyd

2024

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According to the traditional Quechuan classification which has dominated Andean historical linguistics since the 1960s, the Ecuadorian Quechua group (Andean Quichua, Amazonian Quichua, Colombian Ingano, and lower Pastaza Inga in Peru) belongs to the “Quechua II” branch, supposedly including all northern and southern Quechuas, and to the “Quechua IIB” sub-branch, said to also include the Chachapoyas-Lamas Quechua group and the “coastal” Quechua documented by Domingo de Santo Tomás in the mid-16th century. This study evaluates the traditional classification of Ecuadorian Quechua and shows that it does not meet the basic standards of subgrouping based on shared innovations. Special attention is given to the historical status of contrastive complex stops, traditionally claimed to be an Aymara-influenced innovation in Cuzco Quechua, supposedly transferred to Ecuadorian Quechua through “superstrate” influence; instead, it is demonstrated that these sounds have correspondences across the Quechuan family, confirming them as retentions that are uninformative for classification. The study goes on to individually evaluate all proposed criteria for the traditional classification of Ecuadorian Quechua, finding that none hold up as shared innovations, leading to the conclusion that Ecuadorian Quechua is an independent branch of the Quechuan family. Historical records document how this branch originated in Ecuador when Quechua was first introduced by the Incas, then was adopted by the Spanish as a colonial standard, and then became fragmented into four modern languages, all within a period of about 500–600 years.

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Toward an interactional approach to multilingualism: Ideologies and practices in the northwest Amazon

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan

Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan

Ecuadorian Quechua and Quechuan classification

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