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This book aims to provide a better understanding of convergence and non-convergence phenomena, such as divergence, from different theoretical perspectives. It brings together nine case studies that deal with contact between languages found in the Iberian Peninsula (Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese and Basque), between Spanish or Portuguese and another language (such as English), and between different varieties from Europe and other continents. The volume thus unites views from two fields that rarely interact: contact linguistics and dialectology. It discusses the mechanisms and consequences of language contact within the Ibero-Romance world, a geographical space characterised by a high rate of multilingual speakers and settings. The contributions deal with various combinations of convergence and divergence, for example between different varieties of the same language, language stability despite contact, as well as less studied aspects, such as the relation between language contact and second language acquisition, the linguistic landscape perspective of language contact, and divergence in linguistic identity construction.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish. --- Diatopic Variation. --- Ibero-Romance. --- Language Contact. --- E-books

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Con este volumen se pretende un acercamiento en profundidad a las situaciones de contacto del español con otras lenguas para mostrar cómo las variaciones y cambios lingüísticos que se producen en las áreas de contacto forman parte de las dinámicas lingüísticas que caracterizan estas situaciones complejas. Se busca, así, analizar de manera general y sistemática distintos procesos de variación y cambio lingüístico y explicitar los mecanismos que los han producido, tanto en su dimensión diacrónica como sincrónica. Entendemos los procesos de cambio inducido por contacto como generales, no particulares o aislados, impulsados por procesos cognitivos similares y regulados por los mismos mecanismos, lo que produce efectos lingüísticos que pueden ser parecidos. A partir del análisis comparado de datos reales de hablantes bilingües y monolingües de zonas de contacto, se intenta reflejar la capacidad de los hablantes para explotar la heterogeneidad lingüística y crear estrategias, aprovechando la plasticidad de los rasgos lingüísticos, que hagan emerger soluciones novedosas que los reorganicen, reutilicen o transformen en un diálogo constante con su contexto socio-identitario. The volume offers in-depth analyses of contact situations between Spanish and other languages, showing how language variation and change are part of the complex linguistic dynamics that characterize contact areas. Aimed at contact linguistics experts, it gathers theoretical frameworks as well as case studies about these processes, both in diachronic and synchronic perspectives.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative. --- Bilingualism. --- Language Change. --- Language Contact. --- Spanish.