Prospects for the Survival of the Navajo Language: A Reconsideration
Prospects for the Survival of the Navajo Language: A Reconsideration
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纳瓦霍语言的生存前景：重新思考
DOI：
10.1525/aeq.2002.33.2.139
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
B. Spolsky
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作者：
B. Spolsky
学校在土著语言的消失中扮演了什么角色？25年前，一项关于纳瓦霍族生存前景的研究将英语传播的主要原因归咎于越来越多的人进入学校。重新考虑这些证据和最近的发展，引进西方学校教育的核心作用仍然被认为是高度相关的。但其他因素也在学校里发挥了作用，主要影响是对英语的意识形态接受。白话文化，传统或引进的宗教，以及政治结构都未能建立起一股对抗力量。经济变化也导致了新的生活方式，这种生活方式与交流的改善一起打破了孤立，并支持了对语言生存的威胁。这项研究证实了教育人类学在完整的社会、文化、宗教和政治背景下看待语言和教育的重要性。
What is the role of schools in the loss of indigenous languages? A study 25 years ago of prospects for the survival of Navajo placed most of the blame for the spread of English on increasing access to schools. Reconsidering that evidence and recent developments, the central role of the introduction of Western schooling is seen still to be highly relevant. But other factors have worked through the school, the major effect of which has been the ideological acceptance of English. Vernacular literacy, traditional or introduced religion, and political structure all have failed to establish a counterforce. Economic changes also led to new living patterns that, together with improved communication, broke down isolation and supported the threat to the survival of language. This study confirms the importance of seeing language and education in the full social, cultural, religious, and political context recognized by educational anthropology.