Latin American Spanish (Longman Linguistics Library) - Hardcover

Lipski, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0582087619 ISBN 13: 9780582087613

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1994

Synopsis

Reveals the immense richness of a language that stretches almost continuously from the US - Canadian border to Antarctica, based on a combination of original research and an extensive bibliography. Examines linguistic aspects of Latin American Spanish and places it in a broad and sustained historical context. Key Features: examines phonology, morphology, syntactic and lexical variation, social differentiation of the language and past and present contacts with other languages; explores the socio-historical factors which have shaped with various Latin American Spanish dialects; includes a detailed account of the influence of African and Native American languages and assesses the contribution made by Peninsular Spanish; a detailed country by country account of Latin American Spanish is given, providing key historical facts for each country. Readership: Essential reading for advanced linguistics students studying dialectology and sociolinguistics. Also useful for students and teachers of Spanish language and linguistics.

About this title

About the Author:

John M. Lipski is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of New Mexico.

Review:

"...the most readable and balanced survey of Latin American Spanish in any language...an extremely well-informed and stimulating survey of American Spanish that successfully states the major questions posed by Latin American dialectology."Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0582087619
• ISBN 13: 9780582087613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440