CRISTINA MOYA
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 2018 Hellman Fellow
UC DavisLecture: "What can the Quechua-Aymara language boundary teach
us about ethnolinguistics?"
Social networks of reciprocity, interaction, and information exchange
often map onto linguistic boundaries. However, there are multiple ways
such associations might arise. Case studies of unconventional language
boundaries where some of these associations are disrupted can help us
narrow down the plausible reasons for the importance of language
boundaries in human societies. The Aymara-Quechua language boundary in
the Peruvian altiplano is one such useful case study.
In this talk, Professor Moya will draw upon ethnographic,
psychological and developmental work in the area to address debates
about the evolutionary origins and function of ethnolinguistic
boundaries.
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