Mexican American English: Substrate Influence and the Birth of an Ethnolect - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1107098564 ISBN 13 : 9781107098565

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Responding to the need for a comprehensive treatment of Mexican American English and its varied influences across multiple generations, this volume provides true insight into how language contact triggers language change, and illustrates previously under-recognised links to ethnolects of other migrant groups in different parts of the world. It demonstrates how the variety begins with Spanish interference features but evolves into a stable variety over time by filtering out some of the interference features and responding to forces such as exploitation of its speakers, education, and the need to develop solidarity. A large number of linguistic variables from multiple realms of language are analysed that provide a truly balanced picture of the divisions within the community across a range of linguistic levels such as syntax, phonology, prosody, accent, dialect, and sociolinguistics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erik R. Thomas is a professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University. His work focuses on the intersection of sociolinguistics and phonetics, as well as the speech of minorities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107098564
• ISBN 13: 9781107098565
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Éditeur: Thomas Erik R.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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