Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World: Linguistic and Cognitive Perspectives - Hardcover

Austin, Jennifer; Blume, María; Sánchez, Liliana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521115531 ISBN 13: 9780521115537

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Bilingualism has given rise to significant changes in Spanish-speaking countries. 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.

About the Author:

Jennifer Austin is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University, Newark.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0521115531
• ISBN 13: 9780521115537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248