Biculturalism and Spanish in Contact

Biculturalism and Spanish in Contact: Sociolinguistic Case Studies provides an original and modern analysis of the development of Spanish and its contact with other languages using a sociolinguistic framework from both synchronic and diachronic angles. Split into three sections-, -(i) Border speech communities--, (ii) Outcomes and perceptions in situations of language and dialect contact and (iii) Contact and alternation: social boundaries of language switching, this collection offers new perspectives in the field of language contact and change. Each chapter presents an original study detailing the social factors that have shaped contact varieties of Spanish, providing principal arguments and theories about language use, contact, and change, as well as guided topics for discussion. With its wide scope, this book is a landmark in language interaction processes and studies, and will be a valuable reference for educators, scholars, language professionals and students with an interest in the vitality of the Spanish language in contact with other languages.

Eva Núñez Méndez is professor of Spanish linguistics at Portland State University, where she has been part of the Dept. of World Languages and Literatures since 2002. Her research focuses primarily on linguistics (phonetics, syntax, and the history of the Spanish language) and on applied linguistics (language variation, text analysis, and translation). Her books include Diachronic applications of Hispanic linguistics (2016), Fundamentals of the history of the Spanish language (2012), Fundamentals of Spanish phonetics and phonology (2012, 2005), and Troilus and Cressida: a bilingual edition (2008).

Contents List of maps and figures XX List of tables XX Acknowledgments XX List of Abbreviations XX List of Contributors XX Chapter Abstracts XX Introduction XX Section I Border Speech Communities Chapter One 1 Languages and borders: case studies from the U.S. Southwest Glenn Martinez Chapter Two XX Linguistic encounters in Texas Manuel Gutiérrez Chapter Three XX Bilingualism in California: the case of Los Angeles Ana Sánchez Muñoz Chapter Four XX Attitudes and language behavior at the Brazilian-Uruguayan border Göz Kaufmann Section II Outcomes and perceptions in situations of language and dialect contact Chapter Five XX Languages in contact: pidginization and creolization, Spanish in the Caribbean John Lipski Chapter Six XX Dominican-Haitian contact in Hispaniola: historical and sociolinguistic perspectives Luis Ortiz López Chapter Seven XX Languages in contact: the case of Colombia Armin Schwegler and Alejandro Correa Section III contact and alternation: social boundaries of language switching Chapter Eight XX Have monolingualism and monoculturalism been overcome in Mexico? Mariadelaluz Matus- Mendoza Chapter Nine XX Languages in contact in Paraguay: cultural fusion in a unique sociolinguistic situation Haralambos Symeonidis Chapter Ten XX Language contact and the indigenous languages of Uruguay Yliana Rodríguez Chapter Eleven XX Languages in contact: grammaticalization and complexification in Northern Andean gerundianismo Kathleen Guerra Chapter Twelve XX Spain's language policies and the discourse of contact linguistics: a diachronic approach Eva Núñez Méndez Index of subjects XX