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

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1315408929

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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

Published: 2019-08-02

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 3030234797

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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

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 9789004144743

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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).

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

Published: 2009-02-18

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1444301136

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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