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CIAO DATE: 5/5/2007

In the multicultural edge: A linguistic political evaluation of the Mexican State around its indigenous communities

Roberto Morris Bermúdez

April 2007

CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política

Abstract

The goal of this dissertation is to assess to what extent Mexican language policy towards indigenous minorities is congruent with the guide- lines that multicultural, language policy and language planning theory prescribe. These theories were chosen because current legislation indicates that these are the ideals which Mexico, as a country, The aim of this research is to present a comparison of current Mexican multicultural language policies and how these diverge from multicultural theory, this in order to make inferences applicable to further developing multicultural language policies in Mexico.

 

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