Spanish of the U.S. Southwest: A Language in Transition
Spanish in the Southwest region of the United States predates the appearance of English in this country. The language has had an uninterrupted presence in the Río Grande corridor since 1598, and has spread geographically and demographically over the last four centuries. Despite that growth, it is being lost among younger generations that trend toward English monolingualism; thus, Spanish exists in a tremendous state of flux in the U.S. Southwest.The present volume¿s principal goal is to provide a window into this dynamic through a collection of essays focused on linguistic and sociolinguistic topics on Southwest Spanish. It includes studies o…
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Weitere Autoren: Villa, Daniel (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-86527-869-2
- EAN: 9783865278692
- Produktnummer: 16566386
- Verlag: Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 380 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'907 KB
Über den Autor
Susana V. Rivera-Mills is Associate Professor of Spanish and Diversity Advancement at Oregon State University. Her research interests include Spanish in the U.S., sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and Spanish for heritage speakers.Daniel J. Villa is Professor of Spanish at New Mexico State University. His research interests include language maintenance and shift, the sociolinguistic study of Southwest Spanish, and Spanish for heritage speakers.
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