Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and indexes.
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Language contact, language learning, and language change -- The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian -- Portuguese- and Spanish-lexified creole languages -- Bozal Spanish of Cuba -- Chinese coolie Spanish in nineteenth-century Cuba -- Chinese immigrant Spanish -- Andean Spanish -- Barranquenho -- Contact, cognition, and speech community.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The historical spread of Spanish and Portuguese throughout the world provides a rich source of data for linguists studying how languages evolve and change. This volume analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. Clancy Clements demonstrates that grammar formation not only takes place in parent-to-child communication, but also, importantly, in adult-to-adult communication. He argues that cultural identity is also an important factor in language formation and maintenance, especially in the cases of Portuguese, Castilian, and Barranquenho. More generally, the contact varieties of Portuguese and Spanish have been shaped by demographics, by prestige, as well as by linguistic input, general cognitive abilities and limitations, and by the dynamics of speech community."--Jacket.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
Stock Number
205855
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Title
Linguistic legacy of Spanish and Portuguese.
International Standard Book Number
9780521831758
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Creole dialects, Portuguese-- Social aspects-- History.
Creole dialects, Spanish-- Social aspects-- History.