ISBN:
9780415129824
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (200 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Language in Society
Series Statement:
Routledge Language in Society Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Spanish-Speaking World : A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues
DDC:
306.4408961
Keywords:
Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Combining text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers, this textbook covers a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the Spanish Language and its role in societies around the world
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The structure of the book; How to use this book; Introductory reading; Part One THE POSITION OF SPANISH IN THE WORLD; 1. The origins Of Spanish: the historical context of a dominant language; Introduction; From Latin To Castilian; The establishment of a 'national' language; Language In twentieth-century Spain; Further reading; 2. Spanish in Latin America; The Castilianisation of Latin America; Paraguay; Peru; Spanish in twentieth-century Latin America; Spanish as a world language
Description / Table of Contents:
Further reading3. The other languages of Spain; Catalan; Basque; Galician; Further reading; Part two EXPLORING LINGUISTIC VARIATION; 4. Regional and social variations in Spanish; Dialects in Spain; Spanish dialects in Latin America; The study of social dialects; Madrid: Vallecas and chabolismo; Further reading; 5. Language attitudes; Language attitudes in the Spanish-speaking world; Further reading; 6. Register in Spanish; Field; Tenor; Mode; Further reading; 7. Getting the message across: Spanish in the media; Television; Radio; Newspapers and the written media; Advertising; Further reading
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Language and genderGender in Spanish; Gendered language behaviour; Further reading; Part Three CURRENT ISSUES: LANGUAGE AS NATIONAL IDENTITY MARKER; 9. Language policies in post-Franco Spain; The 1978 Spanish Constitution; Article 3 of the post-Franco Constitution; The other minority languages of Spain; Spanish language policies and the European Union; Further reading; 10. Language Planning; Language planning in contemporary Spain; Catalonia; Euskadi (the Basque Country); Galicia; Evaluating language planning in Spain; Current language planning in Latin America; Guatemala; Further reading
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Language and educationBilingual education programmes; Language education and literacy In Latin America; Case study 1: Bolivia; Case study 2: Catalonia; Conclusion; Further reading; 12. The vitality Of Spanish today; Spanish speakers in the USA; Puerto Rico and the language question; Spanish in the late twentieth century; Further reading; Bibliography; Index of terms
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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