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.
2015
P115.45 .A87 2015 (Mapit)
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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.
ISBN
9780521132978 (paperback)
0521132975 (paperback)
9780521115537 (hardcover)
0521115531 (hardcover)
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.
Sánchez, Liliana, author.
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Table of Contents
1. What does it mean to be bilingual?
2. Bilingual brains, bilingual minds
3. Bilingual development and bilingual outcomes.
2. Bilingual brains, bilingual minds
3. Bilingual development and bilingual outcomes.