Lexical borrowing and deborrowing in Spanish in New York City

Lexical borrowing and deborrowing in Spanish in New York City
Author: Rachel Varra
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1315408929

Lexical Borrowing and Deborrowing in Spanish in New York City provides a sociodemographic portrait of lexical borrowing in Spanish in New York City. The volume offers new and important insights into research on lexical borrowing. In particular, it presents empirical data obtained through quantitative analysis to answer the question of who is most likely to use English lexical borrowings while speaking Spanish, to address the impact that English has on Spanish as spoken in the city and to identify the social factors that contribute to language change. The book also provides an empirical, corpus-based-approach to distinguishing between borrowing and other contact phenomena, such as codeswitching, which will be of interest to scholars of language contact and bilingualism.

African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century

African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century
Author: Esther Mukewa Lisanza
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3030234797

This edited book examines the crucial role still played by African languages in pedagogy and literatures in the 21st century, generating insights into how they effectively serve cultural needs across the African continent and beyond. Boldly positioning African languages as key resources in the 21st century, chapters focus on themes such as language revolt by marginalized groups at grassroots level, the experience of American students learning African languages, female empowerment through the use of African languages in music, film and literary works, and immigration issues. The contributions are written by scholars of language, literature, education and linguistics, and the book will be of interest to students and scholars in these and related areas.

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics: Eg-Lan

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics: Eg-Lan
Author: Kees Versteegh
Publisher: Encyclopedia of Arabic Languag
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2006
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789004144743

The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics is a major multi-volume reference work. It is a unique collaboration of hundreds of scholars from around the world and covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic, dealing with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic).

Language

Language
Author: George Melville Bolling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2007
Genre: Comparative linguistics
ISBN:

ASA News

ASA News
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2003
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism

The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Author: Li Wei
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2009-02-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1444301136

As globalization has increased awareness of the extent of language contact and linguistic diversity, questions concerning bilingualism and multilingualism have taken on an increasing importance from both practical and scholarly points of view. Written by leading experts and practitioners in the field, The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data Specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods and techniques available Links theory to method, and to data, and answers a real need for a know-how volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way