This volume considers, at global and at local levels, the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the face of processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently the dominant language in this contact situation. But how contested is its hegemony; and how far does contact with it threaten other languages? How are these other, weaker, minoritized languages prospering in a world where a few strong, global languages may be taking over their linguistic domains?
Generally the view to emerge is that Spanish is a dominant, hegemonic language whose speakers are increasing steadily and whose value, symbolic and actual, is being exploited and promoted by certain agents of language spread. However, there is also the question of how homogenous this profile of Spanish is, given the porosity of the boundaries which surround it , and indeed, how contested is its hegemony ? What is the precise nature of its influence and dominance?
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction; C.Mar-Molinero & M.Stewart
Forces of Globalization in the Spanish-Speaking World: Linguistic Imperialism or Grassroots Adaptation; C.Mar-Molinero
US Latinos, la Hispanofonia, and the Language Ideologies of High Modernity; J.del Valle
Language Conflict and the Micro-Macro Link in the Spanish-Speaking World; R.Enrique Hamel
Spanish/English Interaction in US Hispanic Heritage Learners' Writing; M.Fairclough
Andean Spanish and the Spanish of Lima: Linguistic Variation and Change in a Contact Situation; C.A.Klee & R.Caravedo
Spanish as L2 on the Dominican/Haitian Border and Universal Processes of Acquisition; L.A.Ortiz López
Whose Story is it Anyway? Representing Oral Testimony in a Multilingual 'Contact Zone'; J.Freeland
Spanish-Speaking Latin Americans in Catalonia: Reflexivity and Knowledgeability in Constructions of Catalan; S.Marshall
Language Contact Between Galician and Spanish - Conflict or Harmony? Young People's Linguistic Attitudes to Contemporary Galicia; B.O'Rourke
Linguistic Shift and Community Language: The Effect of Demographic Factors in the Valencian Region, Balearic Islands and Catalonia; R.Casesnoves Ferrer, D.Sankoff & M.Teresa Turell
References
Index
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Reader in Spanish and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK. She teaches and has published widely on language policies and on global Spanish. Her publications include The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World (2000), The Spanish-Speaking World: Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues (1997), Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula (co-edited with Angel Smith, 1996) and Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices: Language and the Future of Europe (co-edited with Patrick Stevenson, 2005). She is chair of the recently-formed International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SiS).
MIRANDA STEWART is Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Her teaching and research interests include sociolinguistics, spoken interaction, discourse analysis, interactional pragmatics and translation studies. Her publications include The Spanish Language Today (1999) and Politeness in Europe (co-edited with Leo Hickey, 2005) as well as articles in journals such as The Journal of Pragmatics and Multilingua where she explores issues such as the pragmatics of personal reference. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the recently-formed International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SiS).
Description
This volume considers, at global and at local levels, the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the face of processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently the dominant language in this contact situation. But how contested is its hegemony; and how far does contact with it threaten other languages? How are these other, weaker, minoritized languages prospering in a world where a few strong, global languages may be taking over their linguistic domains?
Generally the view to emerge is that Spanish is a dominant, hegemonic language whose speakers are increasing steadily and whose value, symbolic and actual, is being exploited and promoted by certain agents of language spread. However, there is also the question of how homogenous this profile of Spanish is, given the porosity of the boundaries which surround it , and indeed, how contested is its hegemony ? What is the precise nature of its influence and dominance?
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction; C.Mar-Molinero & M.Stewart
Forces of Globalization in the Spanish-Speaking World: Linguistic Imperialism or Grassroots Adaptation; C.Mar-Molinero
US Latinos, la Hispanofonia, and the Language Ideologies of High Modernity; J.del Valle
Language Conflict and the Micro-Macro Link in the Spanish-Speaking World; R.Enrique Hamel
Spanish/English Interaction in US Hispanic Heritage Learners' Writing; M.Fairclough
Andean Spanish and the Spanish of Lima: Linguistic Variation and Change in a Contact Situation; C.A.Klee & R.Caravedo
Spanish as L2 on the Dominican/Haitian Border and Universal Processes of Acquisition; L.A.Ortiz López
Whose Story is it Anyway? Representing Oral Testimony in a Multilingual 'Contact Zone'; J.Freeland
Spanish-Speaking Latin Americans in Catalonia: Reflexivity and Knowledgeability in Constructions of Catalan; S.Marshall
Language Contact Between Galician and Spanish - Conflict or Harmony? Young People's Linguistic Attitudes to Contemporary Galicia; B.O'Rourke
Linguistic Shift and Community Language: The Effect of Demographic Factors in the Valencian Region, Balearic Islands and Catalonia; R.Casesnoves Ferrer, D.Sankoff & M.Teresa Turell
References
Index
Authors
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Reader in Spanish and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK. She teaches and has published widely on language policies and on global Spanish. Her publications include The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World (2000), The Spanish-Speaking World: Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues (1997), Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula (co-edited with Angel Smith, 1996) and Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices: Language and the Future of Europe (co-edited with Patrick Stevenson, 2005). She is chair of the recently-formed International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SiS).
MIRANDA STEWART is Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Her teaching and research interests include sociolinguistics, spoken interaction, discourse analysis, interactional pragmatics and translation studies. Her publications include The Spanish Language Today (1999) and Politeness in Europe (co-edited with Leo Hickey, 2005) as well as articles in journals such as The Journal of Pragmatics and Multilingua where she explores issues such as the pragmatics of personal reference. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the recently-formed International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SiS).
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