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Channel View Publications Ltd Language and Identity in a Dual Immersion School
This book describes the educational experiences and linguistic outcomes of students in Chicago, Illinois, who are attending one of the oldest Spanish-English dual immersion schools in the United States. The author follows a group of students during fifth grade and again during eighth grade, documenting their Spanish use and proficiency as well as how Spanish and English intersect with the ongoing production of their identities.
£80.96
Oxford University Press Inc Spanish in Chicago
Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, where populations originating in both Mexico and Puerto Rico have lived in contact for generations and Latinos now comprise nearly a third of the population. Identifying Chicago as a rich site for examining language and dialect contact at both community and family levels, Kim Potowski and Lourdes Torres describe the spoken Spanish of Chicago, analyzing patterns of language change and identity constructions and establishing their likely causes. Drawing on interviews with 124 individuals across three generations of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and MexiRican Chicagoans, Potowski and Torres trace the effects of language and dialect contact through close sociolinguistic analysis of lexicon, discourse markers, codeswitching, the subjunctive, and phonology. Their analysis uniquely examines these features across three generations of speakers and two different regional origins within the same corpus. By including MexiRicans as a category, the book not only assesses the dynamics of linguistic convergence, dialect leveling, accommodation, and language loss, but also the concept of intrafamiliar dialect contact pioneered by Potowski. Contextualizing these language changes within the history of Latino communities in Chicago, Spanish in Chicago provides a nuanced picture of a minority language in a major US city and a vital contribution to sociolinguistics and Latino studies.
£65.67
Oxford University Press Inc Spanish in Chicago
Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, where populations originating in both Mexico and Puerto Rico have lived in contact for generations and Latinos now comprise nearly a third of the population. Identifying Chicago as a rich site for examining language and dialect contact at both community and family levels, Kim Potowski and Lourdes Torres describe the spoken Spanish of Chicago, analyzing patterns of language change and identity constructions and establishing their likely causes. Drawing on interviews with 124 individuals across three generations of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and MexiRican Chicagoans, Potowski and Torres trace the effects of language and dialect contact through close sociolinguistic analysis of lexicon, discourse markers, codeswitching, the subjunctive, and phonology. Their analysis uniquely examines these features across three generations of speakers and two different regional origins within the same corpus. By including MexiRicans as a category, the book not only assesses the dynamics of linguistic convergence, dialect leveling, accommodation, and language loss, but also the concept of intrafamiliar dialect contact pioneered by Potowski. Contextualizing these language changes within the history of Latino communities in Chicago, Spanish in Chicago provides a nuanced picture of a minority language in a major US city and a vital contribution to sociolinguistics and Latino studies.
£28.68
John Wiley & Sons Inc Dicho y hecho: Beginning Spanish
El recurso de punto de referencia para el aprendizaje de espanol en el siglo 21 Ahora la 10* edicion, Dicho y hecho: Beginning Spanish ofrece un programa de lenguaje innovativo el cual ha sido disenado para estudiantes de hoy en dia. Este enfoque de aprender espanol es facil de implantar y a traves de los anos ha demostrado ser innovatico y muy efectivo. La gramatica es presentada con explicaciones precisas, simple, con graficos claros y abundantes frases de ejemplos que establecen conexiones inmediatas entre formas y el uso en la comunicacion. * Ofrece un conjunto de sistemas de aprendizaje en linea para hacer accesible el aprendizaje * Basado en hacer el proceso muy efectivo, flexible y agradable * Se centra en los elementos esenciales necesarios para dominar el lenguaje a nivel de principiante y obteniendo conciencia cultural Diverso y atractivo, Dicho y hecho combina una variedad de actividades probadas e innovativas que envuelven todas las habilidades del lenguaje. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The landmark resource for learning Spanish in the 21st Century Now in its 10th edition, Dicho y hecho: Beginning Spanish offers an innovative language program designed for today's students. This approach to learning Spanish is easy-to-implement and over the years has proven to be innovative and highly effective. Grammar is presented with precise, simple explanations, clear charts, and abundant example sentences that draw immediate connections between forms and their communicative use. * Offers a suite of online learning systems to make learning accessible * Based on a highly effective, flexible and enjoyable * Focuses on the essentials needed to master beginner level language and cultural awareness Diverse and engaging, Dicho y hecho combines an array of tested and innovative activities that involve all language skills.
£203.00
