This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics.
Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics
Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory
Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues
Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish
Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain
About the Author
Manuel Díaz-Campos is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published on acquisition of sociolinguistic variables in L1, sociolinguistic variation, and topics in Spanish laboratory phonology. He is editor of Selected Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (2006).
