Language and power relations: Consequences for a language policy

• Autor: Harvey, Penelope
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1987
• Institución: Universidad Católica San Pablo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/970
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/970
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: relaciones de poder; políticas lingüísticas; Perú; Peru

Mannheim observed the following regarding the "Andean linguistics debate": "On the one hand, 'dualistic' models of society assume that language policy involves intervention in what would otherwise be a sui-genus exchange of allegiances by individuals of one cultural group to another, and that the mere existence of a large and geographically concentrated population of indigenous-speaking people indicates superficial and recent contact between the groups; on the other hand, models of internal colonization assume that the maintenance of the indigenous language for a long time indicates that it is a convenience that provides the opportunity for economic exploitation and political control...