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The Evidential BIN in the Children's Environment of Engagement: Reporting, Evaluating, and Engaging Knowledge in Yucatec Maya
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Edber Enrique Dzidz Yam; Barbara Blaha Pfeiler – First Language, 2024
This article explores the role of the reportative BIN in Yucatec Maya language acquisition and socialization among children aged 4 years and above, focusing on their interactions during pretend play. Building upon prior research on caregivers' strategic use of BIN, the study aims to elucidate the nuanced meanings and functions of the reportative…
Descriptors: Native Language, American Indians, American Indian Languages, Child Language
Biliteracy Development in Mexican Primary Education: Analysing Written Expression in P'urhepecha and Spanish
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Groff, Cynthia; Bellamy, Kate – Language Learning Journal, 2020
In the face of immense pressure from Spanish, the national language, a group of educators in Michoacán are committed to prioritising P'urhepecha in two local primary schools where P'urhepecha is the dominant community language. The history of educational initiatives among the P'urhepecha people illustrates the inconsistent and primarily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Literacy, Spanish
The Development of the Obligation System in Mexican Spanish: A Variationist Sociolinguistic Perspective
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Honea, Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research that examines diachronic change and modality posit that modal verbs follow certain universal paths of development (e.g. Cornillie, 2007; Bybee & Fleischman, 1995; Bybee, Perkins & Pagliuca, 1994). The present study examines the development of Spanish modality in Mexico through the use of multivariate analyses, relative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish, Sociolinguistics, Diachronic Linguistics