ISBN:
0521132975
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9780521132978
Language:
English
DDC:
306.44/6#23
Keywords:
Bilingualism Social aspects
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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Language policies Spanish-speaking countries
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Languages in contact Spanish-speaking countries
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Spanish language Social aspects
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Spanish-speaking countries Social aspects
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Spanisches Sprachgebiet
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Zweisprachigkeit
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Spanisch
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Sprachkontakt
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Zweisprachigkeit
Abstract:
An introduction to bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, looking at topics including language contact, bilingual societies, code-switching and language choice.
Abstract:
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.
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