Language Contact and Change: Spanish in Los Angeles

(Part of the Oxford Studies in Language Contact Series)

by Carmen Silva-Corvalan and Carmen Silva-Corvalán

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Languages in contact are characterized by constant and rapid change; thus, they provide a testing ground for hypotheses about processes of linguistic change. In this study, Silva-Corval n looks at an inter-generational sample of Spanish-English bilinguals in Los Angeles County. Bringing together analytical techniques employed in sociolinguistics, functional syntax, and discourse analysis, she uncovers the linguistic, cognitive, and social processes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198236441

ISBN13:9780198236443

Release Date:August 1996

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:270 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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