Mexican American English
Substrate Influence and the Birth of an Ethnolect
£36.99
Part of Studies in English Language
- Editor: Erik R. Thomas, North Carolina State University
- Date Published: October 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107491151
£
36.99
Paperback
Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
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.
Read more- Offers the most comprehensive empirical linguistic analysis of Mexican American English conducted to date
- A large number of linguistic variables are analysed, to give a balanced picture of linguistic divisions within a community
- Makes previously unmade connections between Latino English and other immigrant language varieties around the world
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: October 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107491151
- length: 381 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.56kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Language contact, immigration, and Latino Englishes Erik R. Thomas
2. The context of North Town Belinda Treviño Schouten and Erik R. Thomas
3. Consonantal variables correlated with ethnicity Erik R. Thomas and Janneke Van Hofwegen
4. Vowels in North Town Erik R. Thomas
5. Trends from outside Erik R. Thomas
6. Social evaluation of variables Erik R. Thomas and Belinda Treviño Schouten
7. Variable (ING) Tyler S. Kendall and Erik R. Thomas
8. Coronal stop deletion in a rural South Texas community Robert Bayley and Dan Villarreal
9. Prosody Erik R. Thomas and Tyler S. Kendall
10. Morphosyntactic variation Erin Callahan
11. Latino English in new destinations: processes of regionalisation in emerging contact varieties Mary E. Kohn
12. Mexican American English and dialect genesis Erik R. Thomas.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×