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Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world : linguistic and cognitive perspectives

Austin, Jennifer, 1969- author, Blume, María, author, Sánchez, Liliana, author

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\"Bilingualism has given rise to significant changes in Spanish-speaking countries. In the US, the increasing importance of Spanish has engendered an English-only movement; in Peru, contact between Spanish and Quechua has brought about language change; and in Iberia, speakers of Basque, Galician and Catalan have made their languages a compulsory part of school curricula and local government. This book provides an introduction to bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, looking at topics such as language contact, bilingual societies, bilingualism in schools, code-switching, language transfer, the emergence of new varieties of Spanish, and language choice - and how all of these phenomena affect the linguistic and cognitive development of the speaker. Using examples and case studies drawn primarily from Spanish/English bilinguals in the US, Spanish/Quechua bilinguals in Peru and Spanish/Basque bilinguals in Spain, it provides diverse perspectives on the experience of being bilingual in distinct cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Bilingualism Social aspects. / Spanish language Social aspects. / Language policies Spanish-speaking countries. / Languages in contact Spanish-speaking countries. / LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. / Spanish-speaking countries Social aspects.
• ISBN: 9780521115537, 0521115531, 9780521132978, 0521132975

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