Description: Language Contact and Change : Spanish in Los Angeles, Paperback by Silva-Corvalan, Carmen, ISBN 0198236441, ISBN-13 9780198236443, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Language Contact and Change : Spanish in Los Angeles
Number of Pages: 270 Pages
Publication Name: Language Contact and Change : Spanish in Los Angeles
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Spanish, Linguistics / General, Sociology / Urban
Item Height: 0.6 in
Features: Reprint
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Author: Carmen Silva-Corvalán
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Oxford Studies in Language Contact Ser.
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
