Iberian Imperialism and Language Evolution in Latin America [electronic resource].
Mufwene, Salikoko S.
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As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese languages has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene does just that in this book. Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, the contributors identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin America.           The essays approach language development through an ecologi
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Contents; Preface; 1. Latin America: A Linguistic Curiosity from the Point of View of Colonization and the Ensuing Language Contacts - Salikoko S. Mufwene; 2. The Many Facets of Spanish Dialect Diversification in Latin America - John M. Lipski; 3. Amerindian Language Islands in Brazil - Hildo Honório Do Couto; 4. Historical Development of Nheengatu (Língua Geral Amazônica) - Denny Moore; 5. Language and Conquest: Tupi-Guarani Expansion in the European Colonization of Brazil and Amazonia - M. Kittiya Lee
6. African Descendants' Rural Vernacular Portuguese and Its Contribution to Understanding the Development of Brazilian Portuguese - Heliana Mello7. Brazilian Portuguese and the Ecology of (Post-)Colonial Brazil - J. Clancy Clements; 8. Maya and Spanish in Yucatán: An Example of Continuity and Change - Barbara Pfeiler; 9. Standard Colonial Quechua - Alan Durston; 10. Linguistic Subjectivity in Ecologies of Amazonian Language Change - Christopher Ball; 11. The Ecology of Language Evolution in Latin America: A Haitian Postscript toward a Postcolonial Sequel - Michel DeGraff; Contributors
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As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese languages has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical linguists working across the region, Salikoko S. Mufwene does just that in this book. Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, the contributors identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today's state of linguistic diversity in Latin America.           The essays approach language development through an ecologi
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Indigenous peoples --Latin America -- Language -- History.
Languages in contact --Latin America.
Latin America --Colonial influence.
Spanish language --Latin America --History. Portuguese language --Latin America --History.
Spanish language --Latin America --Influence on foreign languages.
Indigenous peoples
Spanish language
Portuguese language
Spanish language
Portuguese language
Languages in contact
Languages & Literatures
Native American & Hyperborean Languages