Commodification of Kaqchikel: A Commodities Chain Approach to the Kaqchikel Language in the Foreign Language and Area Studies Program*

Commodification of Kaqchikel: A Commodities Chain Approach to the Kaqchikel Language in the Foreign Language and Area Studies Program*

Investigating how Kaqchikel is commodified through U.S. foreign language instruction programs reveals complex and often contradictory ideologies about language, including linguistic capital and exchange value. I argue that Kaqchikel is commodified through the FLAS program, which treats language as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Philip T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 2014-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Subjects:
Cakchikel language > Study and teaching
Mayan languages > Study and teaching
Language study and teaching
Area studies > United States
Less commonly taught languages
Strategic languages
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15947

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http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15947

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