Language as a marker of ethnic identity among the Yucatec Maya.
Essentialism
Mexico
cultural markers
developmental plasticity
evolution
language
Journal
Evolutionary human sciences
ISSN: 2513-843X
Titre abrégé: Evol Hum Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101773423
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
medline:
29
6
2020
pubmed:
29
6
2020
entrez:
17
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Most human variation is structured around symbolically marked cultural ('ethnic') groups that require common codes of communication. Consequently, many have hypothesised that using others' linguistic competences as markers of their descent is part of an evolved human psychology. However, there is also evidence that the use of language as ethnic markers is not universally applied, but context specific. We explore the tension between these views by studying responses to bilingualism among 121 adults living in Mayan communities undergoing rapid socioeconomic changes involving increased contact with Spanish-speaking towns. We show that, although competences in Mayan were strongly tied to perceiving others as having a Mayan ethnic identity, ethnolinguistic category membership was not seen as stable through life, vertically transmitted, nor regarded as incompatible with competences in Spanish. Moreover, we find variation in how people reasoned about ethnolinguistic identities depending on their
Identifiants
pubmed: 37588346
doi: 10.1017/ehs.2020.39
pii: S2513843X20000390
pmc: PMC10427450
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e38Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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