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Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world : linguistic and cognitive perspectives / Jennifer Austin; María Blume; Liliana Sánchez

Austin, Jennifer, 1969- ; Blume, María ; Sánchez, Liliana

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

XI, 234 S. : Ill., Kt.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world / Austin, Jennifer (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-521-11553-7 ; 978-0-521-13297-8 ; 0-521-13297-5

826712606

OCoLC: 910517237     

OCoLC: 910517237 (aus SWB)     

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P115.45

306.44/6 ; 306.44/6#23

*Spanisches Sprachgebiet ; Zweisprachigkeit      Zum Register

*Spanisch ; Sprachkontakt ; Zweisprachigkeit      Zum Register

*Spanisches Sprachgebiet ; Zweisprachigkeit ; Sprachkontakt ; Soziolinguistik ; Sprachpolitik ; Sprachwechsel      Zum Register

Spanish-speaking countries / Social aspects ; Bilingualism / Social aspects ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General ; Language policies / Spanish-speaking countries ; Languages in contact / Spanish-speaking countries ; Spanish language / Social aspects

An introduction to bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, looking at topics including language contact, bilingual societies, code-switching and language choice.

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Bilingualism has given rise to significant changes in Spanish-speaking countries. In the US, the increasing importance of Spanish has engendered an English-only movement; in Peru, contact between Spanish and Quechua has brought about language change; and in Iberia, speakers of Basque, Galician and Catalan have made their languages a compulsory part of school curricula and local government. This book provides an introduction to bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, looking at topics such as language contact, bilingual societies, bilingualism in schools, code-switching, language transfer, the emergence of new varieties of Spanish, and language choice - and how all of these phenomena affect the linguistic and cognitive development of the speaker. Using examples and case studies drawn primarily from Spanish/English bilinguals in the US, Spanish/Quechua bilinguals in Peru and Spanish/Basque bilinguals in Spain, it provides diverse perspectives on the experience of being bilingual in distinct cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts.