Iberian Imperialism and Language Evolution in Latin America - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 022612617X ISBN 13: 9780226126173

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2014

Riassunto

As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese languages has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene does just that in this book. Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, the contributors identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today’s state of linguistic diversity in Latin America.

The essays approach language development through an ecological lens, exploring the effects of politics, economics, cultural contact, and natural resources on the indigenization of Spanish and Portuguese in a variety of local settings. They show how languages adapt to new environments, peoples, and practices, and the ramifications of this for the spread of colonial languages, the loss or survival of indigenous ones, and the way hybrid vernaculars get situated in larger political and cultural forces. The result is a sophisticated look at language as a natural phenomenon, one that meets a host of influences with remarkable plasticity.

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L'autore:

Salikoko S. Mufwene is the Frank J. McLorraine Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics in the College as well as professor in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology and the Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including, most recentlyLanguage Evolution: Contact, Competition and Change.

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 022612617X
• ISBN 13: 9780226126173
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 343
• Redattore: Mufwene Salikoko S.