Ecuadorian Spanish in the 21st Century

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Rosario Gómez, Erin O’Rourke, Christina García (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

310 Seiten

2022 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-8680-2 (ISBN)

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The book offers a compilation of recent linguistic research on Ecuadorian Spanish based on synchronic and diachronic data. Ecuadorian Spanish studies are scarce or are scattered across time and space, and there is no systematic account of what has been done so far. The Ecuadorian varieties of Spanish, especially those spoken in the highland regions, have existed in a long-term contact situation with different indigenous languages. This book offers a glimpse of varieties spoken all along the Andes, as well as some varieties spoken in the Amazonian region. It draws on methodologies used in variationist sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and geolinguistics. Its key findings show that indigenous languages have influenced all varieties of Ecuadorian Spanish at all levels of linguistic enquiry. The research presented is noteworthy in its contribution to language contact theories, language and migration studies, and the evolution of Spanish. These studies employ both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and will deepen the reader’s understanding of different dialects of Spanish. As the first edited volume on Ecuadorian Spanish, this book brings together cutting-edge research and sets the stage for future work.

Rosario Gómez is an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Guelph, Canada. She obtained her PhD from the University of Toronto, specializing in Spanish and English linguistics, sociolinguistics, translation studies, and English as a second language. Her publications include Variación yeísta en el mundo hispánico (2013) and Diálogos sobre los espacios: imaginados percibidos y construidos (2012), among others.Erin O’Rourke, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Alabama. Her interests are based in language contact, specifically Spanish in contact with indigenous languages, with English, and with other dialects of Spanish. Her research has appeared in Lingua, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, and the Journal of the International Phonetic Association, and she co-edited the Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics (2012). Christina García, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Saint Louis University. Her research interests include phonetic variation of the Spanish-speaking world, sociophonetic perception, and L2 pronunciation acquisition. Her work has been published in journals such as Language Variation and Change, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, and Spanish in Context.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2022
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5275-8680-4 / 1527586804
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-8680-2 / 9781527586802
Zustand	Neuware