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Why X doesn't always mark the spot: Contested authenticity in Mexican indigenous language politics.
- Source :
- Semiotica; Feb2015, Vol. 2015 Issue 203, p179-201, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In this article, I consider competing notions of 'alphabetic authenticity' and indigenous authorship among Mexican indigenous authors and activists. Orthographies form a special focus, as choices about them entail envisioning particular kinds of texts and, hence, types of readers. I focus on the divergent strategies - all fundamentally semiotic - that people advocate in developing 'authentic indigenous writing' and in using various meta-semiotic processes to harness competing authenticities to language revitalization initiatives. I suggest that the friction between these conflicting models is both contentious and generative, producing new possibilities for engagement even as the interstices between them may hide possibilities not yet explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LANGUAGES in Mexico
SEMIOTICS
AUTHORSHIP
ORTHOGRAPHY & spelling
ALPHABETS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00371998
- Volume :
- 2015
- Issue :
- 203
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Semiotica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100858121
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2014-0078