LINGUIST List 21.4169 Wed Oct 20 2010 Qs: United States: Indigenous Language among Immigrant Communities Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Ricard Vinas-de-Puig , United States: Indigenous Language among Immigrant Communities Message 1: United States: Indigenous Language among Immigrant Communities Date: 14-Oct-2010 From: Ricard Vinas-de-Puig <vinasdepuigrecu.edu> Subject: United States: Indigenous Language among Immigrant Communities E-mail this message to a friend I am currently working on the documentation and promotion of Latin American indigenous languages among the Hispanic immigrant population in Eastern North Carolina and I would like to get in touch with linguists and language activists who have worked or are currently working on similar issues in other regions in the United States. The idea is to develop synergies between faculty, language and social activists, and community members, and to share information, resources, and practices. I have had difficulty finding resources, although there are some articles and other materials available that I have been able to consult: Burke, Garance. 2002. 'Yucatecos and Chiapanecos in San Francisco: Indigenous Immigrants Form Communities and enter a declining labor market'. Paper presented at Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the US: Building Bridges between Researchers and Community Leaders. Santa Cruz, CA. October 11th-12th. Fox, Jonathan. 2004. 'Reframing Mexican Migration as a Multi-Ethnic Process'. Ms. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. Hornberger, Nancy H. 1998. 'Language policy, language education, language rights: Indigenous, immigrant, and international perspectives'. Language in Society, 27, 439–458. Menjivar, Cecilia. 2002. 'Living in two worlds? Guatemalan-origin children in the United States and emerging transnationalism'. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28, 3, 531-552. Other resource recommendations would be appreciated and I am interested in anything related to the documentation and promotion of these languages. I am also interested in other phenomena, from the type of research approach to more linguistic theory-related issues. Beside looking for resources, I mostly want to establish contact with people currently working on documentation and promotion projects in the United States. Thanks in advance for all the information and insights. Best, Ricard Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics                             Language Documentation                             Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.