Language and power relations

Consequences for a language policy

Authors

  • Penelope Harvey University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v19i29/30.970

Keywords:

Peru

Abstract

Mannheim observed the following regarding the "Andean linguistics debate": "On the one hand, 'dualistic' models of society assume that language policy involves intervention in what would otherwise be a sui-genus exchange of allegiances by individuals of one cultural group to another, and that the mere existence of a large and geographically concentrated population of indigenous-speaking people indicates superficial and recent contact between the groups; on the other hand, models of internal colonization assume that the maintenance of the indigenous language for a long time indicates that it is a convenience that provides the opportunity for economic exploitation and political control...

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Published

1987-12-04

How to Cite

Language and power relations: Consequences for a language policy. (1987). Allpanchis, 19(29/30), 105-131. https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v19i29/30.970