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Spanish in Colombia and New York City
Language contact meets dialectal convergence
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Rafael Orozco
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
This volume fills a void in language variation and change research. It is the first to provide an empirical, comparative study of Spanish in Colombia and New York City. Remarkable similarities in the linguistic conditioning on language variation in both communities contrast with interesting differences in the effects of social predictors. The book provides a window into the effects of language and dialect contact on change and serves as a model for studies comparing diasporic populations to their home speech communities.
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Robert Bayley, University of California, Davis:
Rafael Orozco’s outstanding study of multiple sociolinguistic variables in Colombian Spanish in New York and Barranquilla is an important contribution to our understanding of language and dialect contact. Of particular interest is his finding that the Spanish of Colombians in New York is influenced not only by contact with English, but also by contact with Puerto Rican Spanish. This rigorous study has great relevance not only for students of Spanish, but for all who wish to understand the multiple influences that condition language variation and change in immigrant communities.
Rafael Orozco’s outstanding study of multiple sociolinguistic variables in Colombian Spanish in New York and Barranquilla is an important contribution to our understanding of language and dialect contact. Of particular interest is his finding that the Spanish of Colombians in New York is influenced not only by contact with English, but also by contact with Puerto Rican Spanish. This rigorous study has great relevance not only for students of Spanish, but for all who wish to understand the multiple influences that condition language variation and change in immigrant communities.
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Prelim pages
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Table of contents
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About the author
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Preface
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Chapter 1. Introduction
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Chapter 2. The expression of futurity
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Chapter 3. The expression of nominal possession
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Chapter 4. Variable subject personal pronoun expression
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Chapter 5. Effects of social predictors
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Chapter 6. Conclusions
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References
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Index
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February 12, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9789027264398
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193
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Keywords for this book
Sociolinguistics and Dialectology; Contact Linguistics; Historical linguistics; Romance linguistics
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
