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Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World
Contributor(s): Austin, Jennifer (Author), Blume, María (Author), Sánchez, Liliana (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521115531     ISBN-13: 9780521115537
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $90.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 306.446
LCCN: 2015002315
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.8" L (1.45 lbs) 248 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
 
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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.

Contributor Bio(s): Austin, Jennifer: - Jennifer Austin is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University, Newark.Blume, Maria: - Mar�a Blume is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Literature at Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica del Per�.Sanchez, Liliana: - Liliana S�nchez is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University.
 
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