Title
Lenguas mesoamericanas en el siglo XXI : enfoques socioculturales y tipológicos / Mario Ernesto Chávez Peón Herrero, Lourdes de León Paquel, coordinadores.
Publication
Ciudad de México, México : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, 2023.
Summary
Presents the rich tapestry of Mesoamerican languages in the contemporary era. Inquires into documenting, researching, and preserving these languages and the communities that speak them. Points out the significance of these languages in a linguistic, ethnic, geographic, cultural, social, and educational way. Covers diverse topics, including language acquisition, gestural and multimodal communication, linguistic landscapes, deixis, phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, and language change. Tackles issues such as the survival and revival of indigenous languages, the challenges of language maintenance and revitalization in urban settings.