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 ...
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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.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780582087613.