Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521115537)

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.

Author: Jennifer Austin,María Blume,Liliana Sánchez
ISBN-10: 0521115531
ISBN-13: 9780521115537
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2015
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.70w x 0.60d