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The linguistic legacy of Spanish and Portuguese : colonial expansion and language change
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The linguistic legacy of Spanish and Portuguese : colonial expansion and language change

Author: J Clancy Clements
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series: Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The historical spread of Spanish and Portuguese throughout the world provides a rich source of data for linguists studying how languages evolve and change. This volume analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. Clancy Clements demonstrates that grammar formation not only takes place in parent-to-child communication, but also,  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: J Clancy Clements
ISBN: 9780521831758 052183175X 9780521539449 0521539447
OCLC Number: 233543885
Description: xix, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Language contact, language learning, and language change --
The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian --
Portuguese- and Spanish-lexified creole languages --
Bozal Spanish of Cuba --
Chinese coolie Spanish in nineteenth-century Cuba --
Chinese immigrant Spanish --
Andean Spanish --
Barranquenho --
Contact, cognition, and speech community.
Series Title: Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Responsibility: J. Clancy Clements.
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Analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties.  Read more...

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