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The handbook of Hispanic linguistics /

Reflecting the growth and increasing global importance of the Spanish language, The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics brings together a team of renowned Spanish linguistics scholars to explore both applied and theoretical work in this field. Features 41 newly-written essays contributed by leading lan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hualde, José Ignacio, 1958- (Editor ), Olarrea, Antxon (Editor ), O'Rourke, Erin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Colección:Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics; Title Page; Copyright; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Editors' Note; Chapter 1: Geographical and Social Varieties of Spanish: An Overview; 1 Introduction; 2 Dialect divisions in Spain; 3 Dialect divisions in Latin America; 4 Major variation patterns: phonetics and phonology; 5 Intonational differences: selected regional traits; 6 Regional and social morphosyntactic differentiation; 7 Lexical variation; 8 Summary; References; Chapter 2: The Spanish-based Creoles; 1 Introduction; 2 The lack of Spanish-based creoles.
  • 3 Language evolution and pidgin/creole formation and development; 4 Restructured Spanish and the sociohistorical background of PAL, PAP, and ZAM; 5 A comparison of some linguistic features of PAL, PAP, and ZAM; 6 Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 3: Spanish Among the Ibero-Romance Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 The Historical Dimension; 3 Inter-dialectal Contact; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Spanish in Contact with Amerindian Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 Amerindian Languages; 3 Contact Features: Grammatical; 4 Spanish in Contact with Amerindian languages.
  • 5 Sociolinguistic Characteristics; 6 Final Remarks; References; Chapter 5: The Phonemes of Spanish; 1 Introduction; 2 Vocoids; 3 Consonant Phonemes; 4 Quasi-phonemic Contrasts; 5 Conclusion; 6 Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Main Phonological Processes; 1 Introduction; 2 Nasal and Lateral Assimilation; 3 Voiced Obstruents; 4 Voicing Assimilation; 5 Complete Assimilation; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: Syllable Structure; 1 Introduction: Basic Concepts; 2 Sonority and Syllabic Structure; 3 Onsets and Onset Clusters; 4 C#V and C#CV sequences Across Words.
  • 5 Nuclei and Complex Nuclei: Diphthongs, Vowels, and Glides; 6 Coda Consonants and Coda Restrictions; 7 Syllable Structure and Morphology; References; Chapter 8: Stress and Rhythm; 1 Definition and functions of stress; 2 Patterns of word-level stress in Spanish; 3 Metrical Structure and Stress; 4 Quantity-Sensitivity and Related Restrictions in Spanish Stress Patterns; 5 Stress in Compounds; 6 Unstressed Words; 7 Secondary Stress; 8 Acoustic Correlates of Stress; 9 Spanish Rhythm; 10 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9: Intonation in Spanish; 1 Introduction.
  • 2 Spanish Intonation Structure; 3 Dialect Differences in Intonation; 4 Intonation in Spanish in Contact with other Languages; 5 Intonation and Language Acquisition; 6 Summary and Future Directions; 7 Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10: Morphophonological Alternations; 1 Introduction; 2 Diphthongization; 3 Diminutive Formation; 4 Velar and Coronal Softening; 5 Nasal and Velar Depalatalization; 6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 11: Derivation and Compounding; 1 Derivation: Types, Suffixation, Prefixation; 2 Derivation Argument Structure, Aspect, and Affix Ordering.