Language Contact and Change: Spanish in Los Angeles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198236443)

Languages in contact are characterized by constant and rapid change; thus, they provide a testing ground for hypotheses about processes of linguistic change. In this study, Silva-Corvalán looks at an inter-generational sample of Spanish-English bilinguals in Los Angeles County. Bringing together analytical techniques employed in sociolinguistics, functional syntax, and discourse analysis, she uncovers the linguistic, cognitive, and social processes underlying language maintenance, as well as changes characteristic of language shift and loss.

Author: Carmen Silva-Corvalán
ISBN-10: 0198236441
ISBN-13: 9780198236443
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/1996
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.26w x 0.61d