Mexican American English: Substrate Influence and the Birth of an Ethnolect

Erik R. Thomas (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2021

Responding to the need for a comprehensive treatment of Mexican American English and its varied influences across multiple generations, this volume provides true insight into how language contact triggers language change, and illustrates previously under-recognised links to ethnolects of other migrant groups in different parts of the world. It demonstrates how the variety begins with Spanish interference features but evolves into a stable variety over time by filtering out some of the interference features and responding to forces such as exploitation of its speakers, education, and the need to develop solidarity. A large number of linguistic variables from multiple realms of language are analysed that provide a truly balanced picture of the divisions within the community across a range of linguistic levels such as syntax, phonology, prosody, accent, dialect, and sociolinguistics.

• Curatore: Erik R. Thomas
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Studies in English Language
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 381 p.
• EAN: 9781107491151

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