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This book addresses how cross-linguistic interference is represented in the bilingual mind. Examining novel oral production data from older bilingual children representing two Quechua varieties, this research concludes that interference in the feature specification of functional categories leads to language change in a language contact situation, and links convergence, a common set of feature values for the same functional category in both languages to the activation of features related to the informational structure of the sentence. These mechanisms are illustrated in detail by the presence of overt determiners, canonical SVO word order and the absence of accusative marking in bilingual Quechua and by neutralization of case and gender distinctions in direct object pronouns as well as in the emergence of null pronouns with definite antecedents in bilingual Spanish.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Linguistics / General --- Bilingualism in children --- Languages in contact --- Quechua language --- Spanish language --- Interference (Linguistics) --- Language acquisition. --- Grammar, Comparative --- Spanish. --- Quechua. --- Language acquisition --- Castilian language --- Romance languages --- Inca language --- Kechua language --- Quichua language --- Runasimi language --- Cacán language --- Indians of South America --- Areal linguistics --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Linguistic interference --- Bilingualism --- Language transfer (Language learning) --- Children --- Grammar, Comparative&delete& --- Spanish --- Quechua --- Languages --- Acquisition --- Interference (Linguistics).

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Bilingualism has given rise to significant changes in Spanish-speaking countries. In the US, the increasing importance of Spanish has engendered an English-only movement; in Peru, contact between Spanish and Quechua has brought about language change; and in Iberia, speakers of Basque, Galician and Catalan have made their languages a compulsory part of school curricula and local government. This book provides an introduction to bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, looking at topics such as language contact, bilingual societies, bilingualism in schools, code-switching, language transfer, the emergence of new varieties of Spanish, and language choice - and how all of these phenomena affect the linguistic and cognitive development of the speaker. Using examples and case studies drawn primarily from Spanish/English bilinguals in the US, Spanish/Quechua bilinguals in Peru and Spanish/Basque bilinguals in Spain, it provides diverse perspectives on the experience of being bilingual in distinct cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts.

Bilingualism --- Spanish language --- Language policies --- Languages in contact --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Social aspects. --- Linguistics --- General. --- Spanish-speaking countries --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. --- Language policies. --- Languages in contact. --- Espagnol (Langue) --- Langues en contact --- Aspect social --- Bilinguisme --- Social aspects --- Language arts & disciplines --- Areal linguistics --- Castilian language --- Romance languages --- Language and languages --- Multilingualism --- Countries, Hispanophone --- Countries, Spanish-speaking --- Hispanophone countries --- Language policy.

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Indians of South America --- Indians of North America --- Indians of South America --- Indians of North America --- Discourse analysis. --- Language and culture. --- Langues indiennes d'Amérique --- Langues indiennes d'Amérique --- Langues indiennes d'Amérique --- Langues indiennes d'Amérique --- Analyse du discours --- Langage et culture --- Languages --- Grammar --- Languages --- Grammar --- Languages. --- Languages. --- Grammaire --- Grammaire

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Up to now, the focus in the field of language documentation has been predominantly on North American and Australian languages. However, the greatest genetic diversity in languages is found in Latin America, home to over 100 distinct language families. This book gives the Latin American context the attention it requires by consolidating the work of field researchers experienced in the region into one volume for the first time.

Language revival --- Endangered languages --- Langage et langues --- Langues menacées --- Renouveau --- Language and languages --- Language renewal --- Language revitalization --- Renewal, Language --- Restoration of languages --- Revitalization, Language --- Revival of languages --- Sociolinguistics --- Restoration --- Revival --- Language Documentation. --- Latin America.