{"id":1831,"date":"2011-10-28T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elanguage.net\/blogs\/booknotices\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2011-10-28T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T09:06:49","slug":"handbook-of-hispanic-sociolinguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.linguisticsociety.org\/booknotices\/?p=1831","title":{"rendered":"Handbook of Hispanic sociolinguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;\"><strong>Handbook of Hispanic sociolinguistics. <\/strong>Ed. by <strong>Manuel Diaz Campos<\/strong>. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011. Pp. 816. ISBN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/handbook-of-hispanic-sociolinguistics\/oclc\/659305883&amp;referer=brief_results\">9781405195003<\/a>. $199.95 (Hb).<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Reviewed by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/carolin.patzelt\/\">Carolin Patzelt<\/a><\/strong>, <em>University of Bochum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As observed in the introduction, \u2018[r]esearch in His\u00adpa\u00adnic Sociolinguistics has grown\u2026to such an extent that it has become an independent subfield\u2019 (1). This volume sets out to pro\u00advide a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of contemporary Hispanic sociolinguis\u00adtics. It covers an impres\u00adsive range of topics, which are grouped into six main sections.<\/p>\n<p>The first section addressing phonological variation focuses on both linguistic and social fac\u00adtors conditioning variation. Following a comprehensive introduction to laboratory approa\u00adches to studying sound variation and change (<strong>Laura Colantoni<\/strong>), external and internal factors conditioning variation in phonology are discussed (<strong>Anto\u00adnio Medina-Rivera<\/strong> and <strong>Francisco More\u00adno-Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>). The contributions by <strong>John M. Lipski<\/strong> and<strong> Jos\u00e9 Antonio Sam\u00adper Padilla<\/strong> then focus on sociophonological variation in Latin American and European Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The second section deals with morphosyntactic variation and is organized similar to the first section. <strong>Scott A. Schwen\u00adter<\/strong> discusses internal and external factors determining variation in Spanish morphosyntax, and <strong>Rena Torres Cacoullos<\/strong> shows how the variationist method can help to examine gram\u00admaticalization. Two articles, one by <strong>Paola Bentivoglio <\/strong>and<strong> Mercedes Sedano<\/strong> and the other by <strong>Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Serrano<\/strong>, discuss morphosyntactic variation in Latin American and European Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Section 3, \u2018Language, the individual, and the society\u2019, begins by discussing the impact of various social variables on lan\u00adguage variation (<strong>Richard Cameron<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Holmquist<\/strong> and <strong>Diane R. Uber<\/strong>). <strong>Donald N. Tuten <\/strong>and<strong> Fernando Tejedo-Herrero<\/strong> then present the rather new field of \u2018historical socio\u00adlinguistics\u2019. Finally, <strong>Manuel D\u00edaz-Campos<\/strong> and <strong>Kimberly Geeslin<\/strong> deal with variation in language acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Section 4 is dedicated to Spanish in contact with indigenous languages (<strong>Anna Mar\u00eda Esco\u00adbar<\/strong> and <strong>Shaw N. Gynan<\/strong>), with creoles (<strong>Luis A. Ortiz L\u00f3pez <\/strong>and <strong>Armin Schwegler<\/strong>), with other European languages (<strong>Jos\u00e9 Luis Blas Arroyo<\/strong> as well as <strong>J. Clan\u00adcy Clements<\/strong>, <strong>Patr\u00edcia Amaral<\/strong>, and <strong>Ana R. Lu\u00eds<\/strong>), and with Arabic (<strong>Lotfi Sayahi<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Section 5 deals with a variety of aspects concerning Spanish in the United States. Four contributions focus on concrete linguistic outcomes of the contact between Spanish and English (<strong>Lourdes Torres, Almeida Jacqueline Toribio<\/strong>, and <strong>Jorge Porcel<\/strong>) and intrafamilial contact between different varieties of Spanish (<strong>Kim Potowski<\/strong>). Three chapters (<strong>Ricardo Otheguy<\/strong>; <strong>Norma Mendoza-Denton <\/strong>and <strong>Bryan James Gordon<\/strong>; <strong>Guadalupe Vald\u00e9s <\/strong>and<strong>Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci<\/strong>) analyze the linguistic behavior of concrete groups of Latinos living in the United States. Finally, the perception of Latinos and their language in the United States is discussed by <strong>Adam Schwartz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Section 6, \u2018Language policy\/planning, language attitudes and ideolo\u00adgy\u2019, begins with an introductory chapter by <strong>Ofelia Garc\u00eda<\/strong> discussing the possibilities of language planning for Spanish as both a national and a minority language. The following contributions focus on language planning and policy in Latin America (<strong>Seraf\u00edn M. Coronel-Molina <\/strong>and<strong> Megan Solon;<\/strong> <strong>Mercedes Ni\u00f1o-Murcia<\/strong>) and Spain (<strong>Juan Manuel Hern\u00e1ndez-Campoy<\/strong>). Finally, <strong>Clare Mar-Molinero <\/strong>and<strong> Darren Paffey<\/strong> discuss the concept of linguistic imperialism and the question, \u2018Who owns global Spanish?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The book is an impressive collection of key issues in today\u2019s sociolinguistics. It presents the most researched areas of the field in a comprehensive way and thereby reflects the rich diversity of dialects and varieties spoken across the Americas and Spain. This volume should certainly be compulsory reading for anyone interested in socio\u00adlinguistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handbook of Hispanic sociolinguistics. Ed. by Manuel Diaz Campos. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011. Pp. 816. ISBN 9781405195003. $199.95 (Hb). Reviewed by Carolin Patzelt, University of Bochum As observed in the introduction, \u2018[r]esearch in His\u00adpa\u00adnic Sociolinguistics has grown\u2026to such an extent that it has become an independent subfield\u2019 (1). 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