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What is Postposition

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Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies
A word that indicates the relation of a noun or pronoun that is placed after the object, as opposed to a preposition, which comes before.
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How the Perceived Language Status of Brunca Affects Resource Allocation in Costa Rica: Policy vs. Reality
Aroline E. Seibert Hanson (Arcadia University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2959-1.ch001
Abstract
Beginning with the conquest and colonization of the land that now comprises Costa Rica, the Indigenous peoples and their cultures have suffered great losses. One of the greatest losses is to their languages. One language in particularly grave danger is Brunca. While Indigenous languages are being acknowledged worldwide and within Costa Rica, the Costa Rican government has not provided the necessary resources to maintain them. This chapter incorporates recent field research on Brunca's language vitality into a discussion on the disconnect between government rhetoric and the actual linguistic situation of Brunca.
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