TY - BOOK ID - 251001 TI - The linguistic legacy of Spanish and Portuguese: colonial expansion and language change PY - 2009 SN - 9780521831758 052183175X 9780521539449 0521539447 9780511576171 9780511508431 0511508433 1107195306 0511507771 128205855X 9786612058554 051157617X 0511504837 051150909X 051150697X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Creolan languages KW - Portuguese language KW - Spanish language KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Dialectology KW - Linguistic change. KW - Creole dialects, Spanish KW - Creole dialects, Portuguese KW - Changement linguistique KW - Espagnol (Langue) KW - Portugais (Langue) KW - Langues créoles (espagnoles) KW - Langues créoles (portugaises) KW - Variation KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Histoire KW - Aspect social KW - Langues créoles (espagnoles) KW - Langues créoles (portugaises) KW - Castilian language KW - Romance languages KW - Spanish Creole languages KW - Portuguese Creole languages KW - Social aspects&delete& KW - History KW - Variation&delete& KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:251001 AB - The historical spread of Spanish and Portuguese throughout the world provides a rich source of data for linguists studying how languages evolve and change. This volume analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. These varieties include Portuguese- and Spanish-based creoles, Bozal Spanish and Chinese Coolie Spanish in Cuba, Chinese Immigrant Spanish, Andean Spanish, and Barranquenho, a Portuguese variety on the Portugal-Spain border. Clancy Clements demonstrates that grammar formation not only takes place in parent-to-child communication, but also, importantly, in adult-to-adult communication. He argues that cultural identity is also an important factor in language formation and maintenance, especially in the cases of Portuguese, Castilian, and Barranquenho. More generally, the contact varieties of Portuguese and Spanish have been shaped by demographics, by prestige, as well as by linguistic input, general cognitive abilities and limitations, and by the dynamics of speech community. ER -