Socioeconomic Factors in Bilingualism in Two Guatemalan Indian Communities.

Wilhite, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1982

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Socioeconomic Factors in Bilingualism in Two Guatemalan Indian Communities.

Wilhite, Margaret

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v13 n1 p47-60 Spr 1982

Presents data that show the effect of different types of marketing in the incidence and degree of bilingualism among women from Pajuyu and Maqenya, two Guatemalan Indian Communities. Discusses the influence on bilingualism of the amount and kind of interaction that takes place between Indian women and non-Indians as a result of textile marketing. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cakchiquel, Culture Contact, Females, Foreign Countries, Interaction, Marketing, Maya (People), Social Environment, Social Isolation, Spanish

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Guatemala

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