Linguistics
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Latin American Language, Linguistics El Español de los Estados Unidos Anna Maria Escobar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
and Kim Potowski
University of Illinois, Chicago
Written in a clear and engaging style, this textbook guides readers through the diversity of Latino communities and the varieties of Spanish they speak. Each chapter contains numerous exercises that help students engage with the linguistic characteristics of Spanish, Spanish-dialect contact, bilingualism, and Spanish communities in the US. • Linguistic concepts are clearly defined, and more complex concepts include detailed examples and exercises • Each chapter contains exercises which help readers to understand and reflect on new material • Chapter exercises direct readers to online resources so they can experience authentic examples • Written in Spanish
2015 246 x 189 mm 370pp 31 b/w illus. 7 maps 126 tables 158 exercises 9781107086340 | £64.99 / US$105.00 HB
A most useful book for students and a major reference work for specialists. The extraordinary level of detail and the depth and thoroughness of coverage will make this book an indispensable work for all interested in the field.” Ricardo Otheguy, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Contents 1. Socio-historical context; 2. Present populations and patterns of Spanish use; 3. Dialectal features of the Spanish of the United States; 4. Speakers and the Spanish of the United States; 5. Spanish in contact with English; 6. Dialect contact; 7. Spanish in public space; 8. Spanish in education; 9. Spanish and identity; 10. Ethnolinguistic vitality: a look to the future.
9781107451179 | £24.99 / US$39.99 PB
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