Vervuert Verlag

Rivera-Mills, Susana; Villa, Daniel (eds.)

Spanish of the U.S. Southwest: A Language in Transition.

Madrid / Frankfurt, 2010, Iberoamericana / Vervuert, 380 p., € 40.00

Lingüística Iberoamericana, 38

ISBN: 9788484894773

An edited volume divided into five sections: historical linguistics, loss and maintenance, descriptive linguistics, work on language attitudes and identities, and finally language politics and pedagogical issues.

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Autor

Susana V. Rivera-Mills is Associate Professor of Spanish and Diversity Advancement at Oregon State University. Her research interests include Spanish in the U.S., sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and Spanish for heritage speakers.

Daniel J. Villa is Professor of Spanish at New Mexico State University. His research interests include language maintenance and shift, the sociolinguistic study of Southwest Spanish, and Spanish for heritage speakers.