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This volume fills a void in language variation and change research. It is the first to provide an empirical, comparative study of Spanish in Colombia and New York City. Remarkable similarities in the linguistic conditioning on language variation in both communities contrast with interesting differences in the effects of social predictors. The book provides a window into the effects of language and dialect contact on change and serves as a model for studies comparing diasporic populations to their home speech communities.

Spanish language --- Linguistic change --- Languages in contact --- Indians of South America --- Sociolinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Castilian language --- Variation --- Dialects --- Languages&delete& --- Social aspects --- Comparative method --- Sociological aspects --- Ethnology --- Languages --- Social aspects. --- Comparative method. --- Variation. --- Spanisch. --- Sprachvariante. --- Sprachkontakt. --- Dialektologie. --- Kolumbien. --- New York, NY. --- Colombiaans-Spaanse taal. --- Spaanse taal --- Gesproken taal --- Latijns-Amerika. --- Varianten --- Verenigde Staten. --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Areal linguistics --- Historical linguistics --- Romance languages