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Quinto simposio sobre política del lenguaje
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
"Alfonso Vélez Pliego"
Puebla de los Angeles, México

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Otherness and samenes
Construction of identity with the other and facing the other

In 2010 whilst Germany commemorated twenty years from its reunification, Mexico celebrated both the two hundredth anniversary of its Independence War and the tenth anniversary of its Revolution. Due to these celebrations, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD German abbreviation) supported the International Symposium "Otherness and sameness - Construction of identity with the other and facing the other" which took place at UNAM on October 11-13, 2010.

Coordinators: Sabine Pfleger, Joachim Steffen and Martina Steffen
ISBN: 978-607-02-3317-3
Number of pages: 288
First Edition, 2012

Death and vitality of indigenous languages and the pressures over their speakers

Language maintenance or language shift experienced by indigenous languages are complex phenomena in which diverse forces are present interacting in an ecological relationship that is partly stable. Along the chapters of this book, different relationships among native languages such as mixe, totonaca, otomí, p'urhépecha, náhuatl, matlazinca and maya are studied from the perspective of the multidisciplinary Ecology of Pressures model for the analysis of complex and dynamic systems. These studies and their results form part of the project Vitality of indigenous languages in Mexico: a research in three contexts; collective project that started in 2001 as part of the actions in the research line "Language Policy and Language Planning" of the Applied Linguistics Department at CELE, UNAM.

Coordinators: Roland Terborg and Laura García Landa
ISBN: 978-607-02-2572-4
Number of pages: 288
First Edition, 2011

Language Planning Challenges in the XXI Century

This work offers a perspective about the situation and advantages of language planning in the XXI century as it takes place in different latitudes and from the viewpoints of collaborators who are recognized experts in the area. Factors such as the speaker status in the society he belongs to, his networks, education and interests, imprint the relation speaker-language with elements that can derive in conflict. Likewise, both the status entailed by a given language in a particular society and the code presence in different scopes in the community, might contribute to build up an uneven relationship amongst individuals and societies. The considerations in this book set out that inequality among speakers can have its foundations in language planning and the language policies adopted by individuals and societies in which they develop themselves.

Cordinators: Roland Terborg and Laura García Landa
ISBN: 978-607-02-2053-1
Number of pages: 622
First Edition, 2010
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades "Alfonso Vélez Pliego" Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Coordinación de HUmanidades Centro de Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada

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