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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822790603321

Autore

Chappell Whitney

Titolo

Spanish socio-historical linguistics : isolation and contact / Whitney Chappell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021

©2021

ISBN

90-272-5995-X

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso online

Collana

Advances in historical sociolinguistics ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

DrinkaBridget

Disciplina

460

Soggetti

Lengua española - Aspectos sociales

Lingüística histórica

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

New perspectives on Spanish socio-historical linguistics / Bridget Drinka and Whitney Chappell -- Socio-historical features in isolation and contact. Complexification of the early modern Spanish address system : a role for koineization? / Donald N. Tuten -- Personal vs. personalized infinitives in Ibero-Romance : historical origins and contact-induced change / Lamar A. Graham -- Language variation and change through an experimental lens : contextual modulation in the use of the Progressive in three Spanish dialects / Martín Fuchs and María M. Piñango -- Adult language and dialect learning as simultaneous environmental triggers for language change in Spanish / Israel Sanz-Sánchez and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero -- Socio-historical varieties in isolation and contact. Searching for the sociolinguistic history of Afro-Panamanian Congo speech / John M. Lipski -- A socio-historical perspective on the origin and evolution of two Afro-Andean vernaculars / Sandro Sessarego -- Vamos en Palma 'we are going to Palma' : on the persistence (and demise) of a contact feature in the Spanish of Majorca / Andrés Enrique-Arias -- Anthroponymic perseverance of Spanish vestigial <x> / Maryann Parada.

Sommario/riassunto

"This interdisciplinary volume explores the unique role of the sociohistorical factors of isolation and contact in motivating change in



the varieties of Spanish worldwide. Recognizing the inherent intersectionality of social and historical factors, the book's eight chapters investigate phenomena ranging from forms of address and personal(ized) infinitives to clitics and sibilant systems, extending from Majorca to Mexico, from Panamanian Congo speech to Afro-Andean vernaculars. The volume is particularly recommended for scholars interested in historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, history, sociology, and anthropology in the Spanish-speaking world. Additionally, it will serve as an indispensable guide to students, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, investigating sociohistorical advances in Spanish"--