Global and local perspectives on language contact


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This edited volume pays tribute to traditional and innovative language contact research, bringing together contributors with expertise on different languages examining general phenomena of language contact and specific linguistic features which arise in language contact scenarios. A particular focus lies on contact between languages of unbalanced political and symbolic power, language contact and group identity, and the linguistic and societal implications of language contact settings, especially considering contemporary global migration streams. Drawing on various methodological approaches, among others, corpus and contrastive linguistics, linguistic landscapes, sociolinguistic interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork, the contributions describe phenomena of language contact between and with Romance languages, Semitic languages, and English(es).










A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish


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For many years A NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH has been trusted by students and teachers as the standard English-language reference grammar of Spanish. Now updated to include the latest findings of the Royal Spanish Academy's official grammar book, 'La Nueva gramática de la lengua española', making A NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH FIFTH EDITION even more relevant to students and teachers of Spanish. Key features of this fifth edition include: a 'Guide to the Book', enabling you to make the most of this new edition new vocabulary such as topical and technological terms, bringing you up-to-date with contemporary spoken Spanish more Latin-American Spanish, ensuring world-wide coverage aclearer guidance to recommended usage -advice on the Academy's latest spelling rules. Whether a student or a teacher of Spanish, you can be sure that this fifth edition of A NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH will provide you with a comprehensive, cohesive and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today in Spain and Latin America.













The Modern Language Review


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Each number includes the section "Reviews."




Nueva gramática de la lengua española


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Después del clamoroso éxito de la Nueva gramática de la Lengua Española,la Real Academia Española presenta la versión compendiada de esta magna obra. El Manual consta de los mismos capítulos que la versión extensa, pero tratados de forma más resumida y asequible para llegar al público general. Con este objetivo, los contenidos se han seleccionado y dispuesto atendiendo a criterios didácticos, primando la información relativa a aspectos normativos de la lengua --que interesan a todos los hablantes-- sobre las cuestiones teóricas o doctrinales más especializadas. Esta obra quiere contribuir a que todos los hispanohablantes reflexionen sobre su propia lengua, tomen conciencia de sus posibilidades expresivas, de las estructuras lingüísticas que la caracterizan y de la enorme riqueza patrimonial que suponen su unidad y variedad.