Dialect death : the case of Brule Spanish /

Dialect death : the case of Brule Spanish /

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Author / Creator:	Holloway, Charles E.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©1997.
Description:	1 online resource (220 pages) : map
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in bilingualism ; v. 13 Studies in bilingualism ; v. 13.
Subject:	Spanish language -- Dialects -- Louisiana -- Ascension Parish. Language attrition -- Louisiana -- Ascension Parish. Sociolinguistics -- Louisiana -- Ascension Parish. Canary Islanders -- Louisiana -- Ascension Parish -- History. Canary Islanders. Language attrition. Sociolinguistics. Spanish language -- Dialects. Louisiana -- Ascension Parish. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099736

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ISBN:	9789027282743 9027282749 1556195478 9781556195471 9027241198 9789027241191
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	The Brule Dwellers of Ascension Parish are descendants of Canary Island immigrants who came to Louisiana in the late 1700s. A few residents in and around the Ascension Parish area still speak an archaic dialect of Spanish which is at the brink of linguistic extinction. Because the Brule dialect is in the final stages of what is commonly known as "language death", the case of Brule Spanish presents an exciting opportunity to investigate commonly held assumptions regarding the structural changes often associated with vestigial languages. Its relative isolation from other dialects of Spanish for.
Other form:	Print version: Holloway, Charles E. Dialect death. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©1997 1556195478

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Preface and Acknowledgments
2. List of Figures
3. List of Tables
4. Introduction
5. Organization of the Study
6. History of the Brule Dwellers
7. Language Death
8. Social Factors
9. Summary and Conclusions
10. Notes
11. References
12. Author Index
13. Subject Index