Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese - Colonial Expansion and Language Change

Informationen zum Autor J. Clancy Clements is Professor of Linguistics and Spanish & Portuguese at Indiana University. Klappentext Analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. Zusammenfassung Analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. Clements demonstrates that grammar formation not only takes place in parent-to-child communication! but also in adult-to-adult communication. He argues that cultural identity and cognitive abilities are important factors in language formation and maintenance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Language contact, language learning, and language change; 2. The general sociohistorical context of Portuguese and Castilian; 3. Portuguese- and Spanish-lexified creole languages; 4. Bozal Spanish of Cuba; 5. Chinese Coolie Spanish in 19th century Cuba; 6. Chinese immigrant Spanish; 7. Andean Spanish; 8. Barranquenho.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J. Clancy Clements, J. Clancy (Indiana University) Clements
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521539449
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53944-9
• Pages: 276
• Thèmes: Cambridge Approaches to Langua; Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact; Cambridge Approaches to Langua
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Formation pour adultes/université populaire > Matériel de cours/formation adultes langue; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; Portugal, Latin America, Spain, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language acquisition