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Title Spanish in contact : policy, social and linguistic inquiries / edited by Kim Potowski, Richard Cameron.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 397 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 22
Impact, studies in language and society ; 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Spanish in Contact; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Heritage Spanish in the Unites States; Subjects in early dual language development; Interpreting mood distinctions in Spanish as a heritage language; Anglicismos en el léxico disponible de los adolescentes hispanos de Chicago; Education and policy issues; Teaching Spanish in the U.S.; The politics of English and Spanish aquí y allá; Language attitudes and the lexical de-Castilianization of Valencian; Are Galicians bound to diglossia?; Pragmatics and contact.
Summary This volume, covering a range of topics such as Spanish as a heritage language in the United States, policy issues, pragmatics and language contact, sociolinguistic variation and contact, and Bozal (Creole) Spanish, will serve the interests of linguists, educators, and policy makers alike. It provides cutting edge research on varieties of Spanish spoken by children, teenagers, and adults in places as diverse as Chicago, New York, New Mexico, and Houston; Valencia and Galicia; the Andean highlands; and the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The emphasis is on spoken Spanish, altho.
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Subject Spanish language -- Social aspects.
Spanish language -- Social aspects.
Spanish language.
Spanish language -- Political aspects.
Spanish language -- Political aspects.
Languages in contact.
Languages in contact.
Bilingualism.
Bilingualism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Potowski, Kim.
Cameron, Richard, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Spanish in contact. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027218612 9027218617 (DLC) 2007008298 (OCoLC)86117343
ISBN 9789027292469 (electronic book)
9027292469 (electronic book)
9789027218612 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027218617 (hardback ; alkaline paper)