Spanish in Contact: Policy, Social and Linguistic Inquiries

This volume, covering a range of topics such as Spanish as a heritage language in the United States, policy issues, pragmatics and language contact, sociolinguistic variation and contact, and Bozal (Creole) Spanish, will serve the interests of linguists, educators, and policy makers alike. It provides cutting edge research on varieties of Spanish spoken by children, teenagers, and adults in places as diverse as Chicago, New York, New Mexico, and Houston;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027218617
• ISBN13: 9789027218612
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 398 Pages