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Epilogue. Insights for contact linguistics and future investigations of Spanish in the Amazon region

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Abstract

This closing chapter summarizes the main contributions of this volume and highlights areas of interest for scholars investigating Spanish in the Amazon region. We aim to show what can be gained from the study of Spanish in the Amazon, including insights for general linguistic theory, syntactic theory, phonological theory, etc., as well as for the specific subfields of contact linguistics and bilingualism. We start with a brief review of the existing work on the different Varieties of Amazonian Spanish (VAS) and tie this to the chapters in the current manuscript. Finally, we conclude with some directions for future explorations of Spanish in Amazonia.

Abstract

This closing chapter summarizes the main contributions of this volume and highlights areas of interest for scholars investigating Spanish in the Amazon region. We aim to show what can be gained from the study of Spanish in the Amazon, including insights for general linguistic theory, syntactic theory, phonological theory, etc., as well as for the specific subfields of contact linguistics and bilingualism. We start with a brief review of the existing work on the different Varieties of Amazonian Spanish (VAS) and tie this to the chapters in the current manuscript. Finally, we conclude with some directions for future explorations of Spanish in Amazonia.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction. Spanish in the Amazon region 1
  5. Chapter 1. Language loss and language gain in Amazonia 7
  6. Chapter 2. Bilingualism, second language acquisition, and language contact 35
  7. Chapter 3. Origins and dialectology studies of Spanish in America 57
  8. Chapter 4. Language documentation and revitalization as a feedback loop 81
  9. Chapter 5. Amazonian Spanish and the emergence and maintenance of ethnolinguistic variation 105
  10. Chapter 6. Clitics and argument marking in Shipibo-Spanish and Ashéninka-Perené-Spanish bilingual speech 127
  11. Chapter 7. Emerging ethnolinguistic varieties in the Amazon 155
  12. Chapter 8. Interrogative intonation in monolingual Amazonian Spanish 191
  13. Chapter 9. Phonological processes in flux 223
  14. Chapter 10. The many Spanishes of an Andean-Amazonian crossroads 259
  15. Epilogue. Insights for contact linguistics and future investigations of Spanish in the Amazon region 287
  16. Index 299
Amazonian Spanish
This chapter is in the book Amazonian Spanish
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.23.11rod

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction. Spanish in the Amazon region 1
  5. Chapter 1. Language loss and language gain in Amazonia 7
  6. Chapter 2. Bilingualism, second language acquisition, and language contact 35
  7. Chapter 3. Origins and dialectology studies of Spanish in America 57
  8. Chapter 4. Language documentation and revitalization as a feedback loop 81
  9. Chapter 5. Amazonian Spanish and the emergence and maintenance of ethnolinguistic variation 105
  10. Chapter 6. Clitics and argument marking in Shipibo-Spanish and Ashéninka-Perené-Spanish bilingual speech 127
  11. Chapter 7. Emerging ethnolinguistic varieties in the Amazon 155
  12. Chapter 8. Interrogative intonation in monolingual Amazonian Spanish 191
  13. Chapter 9. Phonological processes in flux 223
  14. Chapter 10. The many Spanishes of an Andean-Amazonian crossroads 259
  15. Epilogue. Insights for contact linguistics and future investigations of Spanish in the Amazon region 287
  16. Index 299
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