Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world : linguistic and cognitive perspectives / Jennifer Austin, Rutgers University, Newark ; María Blume, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ; Liliana Sánchez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Austin, Jennifer, 1969- author.; Blume, María, author.; Sánchez, Liliana, author.
2015
P115.45 .A87 2015 (Mapit)
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Title Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world : linguistic and cognitive perspectives / Jennifer Austin, Rutgers University, Newark ; María Blume, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ; Liliana Sánchez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Author Austin, Jennifer, 1969- author.
ISBN 9780521132978 (paperback)
0521132975 (paperback)
9780521115537 (hardcover)
0521115531 (hardcover)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Language English
Description xiv, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number P115.45 .A87 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.44/6
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-224) and index.
Added Author Blume, María, author.
Sánchez, Liliana, author.
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