Language, Identity and Urban Space: The Language Use of Latin American Migrants

By Tabea Salzmann

This book analyses and compares the language use of Spanish speaking migrants in Lima and Madrid through corpora and uses a feature pool approach to language contact that is based on principles of linguistic ecology. It defines the interrelations of language and identity constitution and discusses the question of migrants' cultural integration.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631652259
• ISBN13: 9783631652251
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.3"