English and Spanish : world languages in interaction / edited by Danae Perez, Marianne Hundt, Johannes Kabatek, Daniel Schreier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perez, Danae, editor.

Schreier, Daniel, 1971- editor.

Kabatek, Johannes, editor.

Hundt, Marianne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Globalization.

English language.

Languages in contact--United States.

Languages in contact.

Spanish language--Dialects.

Spanish language.

English language--Dialects.

Spanish language--Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This volume compares the evolution and current status of two of the world's major languages, English and Spanish. Parallel chapters trace the emergence of Global English and Spanish and their current status, covering aspects such as language and dialect contact, language typology, norm development in pluricentric languages, and identity construction. Case studies look into the use of English and Spanish on the internet, investigate mixed and alternating lects, as well as ongoing change in Spanish-speaking minorities in the US. The volume thus contributes to current theoretical debates and provides fresh empirical data. While offering an in-depth treatment of the evolution of English and Spanish to the reader, this book introduces the driving factors and the effects of the emergence of world languages in general and is relevant for researchers and students of sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and typology alike.

Contents:

English and Spanish in contact : world languages in interaction / Danae Perez, Marianne Hundt, Johannes Kabatek, and Daniel Schreier

The emergence of global languages : why English? / Edgar W. Schneider

Some (unintended) consequences of colonization : the rise of Spanish as a global language / J. Clancy Clements

Dialect contact and the emergence of new varieties of English / Raymond Hickey

The emergence of Latin American Spanish / Volker Noll

Language contact in the emergence of new varieties : typological studies of English-lexifier pidgins and creoles / Stephanie Hackert

Contact scenarios and varieties of Spanish beyond Europe / Danae M. Perez

Pluricentricity and codification in world English / Pam Peters

Spanish today : pluricentricity and codification / Bernhard Pöll

Uncovering the big picture : measuring the typological relatedness of varieties of English / Benedikt Szmrecsanyi

Morphosyntactic variation in Spanish : global and American perspectives / Eeva Sippola

English and Spanish in contact in North America : US Latino communities and the emergence of transnational mediascapes / Christian Mair

"The Spanish of the internet" : is that a thing? Discursive and morphosyntactic innovations in computer mediated communication / Carlota de Benito Moreno

Alternating or mixing languages? / Rena Torres Cacoullos & Catherine E. Travis

The persistence of dialectal differences in U.S. Spanish : /s/ deletion in Boston and New York City / Daniel Erker & Madeline Reffel

Identity construction / John E. Joseph.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-66626-4

1-108-66011-8

1-108-62346-8

OCLC:

1274137298