Biculturalism and Spanish in contact : sociolinguistic case studies / edited by Eva Núñez-Méndez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Núñez Méndez, Eva, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Social aspects.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Variation.

Sociolinguistics.

Biculturalism.

Languages in contact.

Physical Description:

xvii, 300 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"Biculturalism and Spanish in Contact: Sociolinguistic Case Studies provides an original and modern analysis of the development of Spanish and its contact with other languages using a sociolinguistic framework from both synchronic and diachronic angles. Split into three sections, (i) Border speech communities, (ii) Outcomes and perceptions in situations of language and dialect contact and (iii) Contact and alternation: social boundaries of language switching, this collection offers new perspectives in the field of language contact and change. Each chapter presents an original study detailing the social factors that have shaped contact varieties of Spanish, providing principal arguments and theories about language use, contact, and change, as well as guided topics for discussion. With its wide scope, this book is a landmark in language interaction processes and studies, and will be a valuable reference for educators, scholars, language professionals and students with an interest in the vitality of the Spanish language in contact with other languages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Languages and borders : case studies from the U.S. Southwest / Glenn Martinez

Linguistic encounters in Texas / Manuel Gutiérrez

Bilingualism in California : the case of Los Angeles / Ana Śanchez Muñoz

Attitudes and language behavior at the Brazilian-Uruguayan border / G̈oz Kaufmann

Languages in contact : pidginization and creolization, Spanish in the Caribbean / John Lipski

Dominican-Haitian contact in Hispaniola : historical and sociolinguistic perspectives / Luis Ortiz López

Languages in contact : the case of Colombia / Armin Schwegler and Alejandro Correa

Have monolingualism and monoculturalism been overcome in Mexico? / Mariadelaluz Matus-Mendoza

Languages in contact in Paraguay : cultural fusion in a unique sociolinguistic situation / Haralambos Symeonidis

Language contact and the indigenous languages of Uruguay / Yliana Rodríguez

Languages in contact : grammaticalization and complexification in Northern Andean gerundianismo / Kathleen Guerra

Spain's language policies and the discourse of contact linguistics : a diachronic approach / Eva Núñez-Méndez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138295919

1138295914

OCLC:

1039323021