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Peer reviewedFrench, Brigittine M. – Language & Communication, 1999
Discusses linking language with notions of collective identity and peoplehood by undertaking an historical inquiry into the ways conceptions of language, peoplehood, and nationhood have been interconnected in Guatemala. Focuses on Mayan languages and how they constitute Mayans as a distinct people, as distinct nationalities with a long history.…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Language Role
