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Spanish in New York : language contact, dialectal leveling, and structural continuity /

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Spanish in New York is a groundbreaking sociolinguistic analysis of immigrant bilingualism in a U.S. setting. Drawing on one of the largest corpora of spoken Spanish ever assembled for a single city, Otheguy and Zentella demonstrate the extent to which the language of Latinos in New York City repres...

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Main Author: Otheguy, Ricardo, 1945-
Other Authors: Zentella, Ana Celia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Subjects:
Spanish language > Provincialisms > New York (State) > New York.
Spanish language > Pronoun.
Spanish language > Dialects > New York (State) > New York.
Bilingualism > New York (State) > New York.
Espagnol (Langue) > Régionalismes > New York (État) > New York.
Espagnol (Langue) > Pronom.
Espagnol (Langue) > Dialectes > New York (État) > New York.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Spanish.
Bilingualism
Spanish language > Dialects
Spanish language > Pronoun
Spanish language > Provincialisms
New York (State) > New York
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Spanish in New York is a groundbreaking sociolinguistic analysis of immigrant bilingualism in a U.S. setting. Drawing on one of the largest corpora of spoken Spanish ever assembled for a single city, Otheguy and Zentella demonstrate the extent to which the language of Latinos in New York City represents a continuation of structural variation as it is found in Latin America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199876259
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