Journal article
Spanish as a World Language: The Interplay of Globalized Localization and Localized Globalization
International multilingual research journal, Vol.2(1-2), pp.48-66
01/11/2008
DOI: 10.1080/19313150701766912
Abstract
This article argues that two movements in constant interplay operate within the historical trajectory of the Spanish language: the localization that becomes globalized and the globalization that becomes localized. Equally, this article illustrates how, at the same time that Spanish is expanding in the world, new idiosyncratic and localized forms of the language are emerging. This article deals with the issues of standardization and language ideology, language contact, and redefinition of identities. The article focuses on three geographic loci: Spain, where Spanish opposes Catalan, Basque, and Galician; the United States, where migrants' Spanish dialects converge and confront English and each other; and finally, Latin America, where Spanish is in contact with Portuguese, indigenous, and Afro-Hispanic languages. The concepts that structure the discussion explain both language expansion and contraction as well as the conflict and constant negotiation between a language's standardized forms and its regional and social varieties.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Spanish as a World Language: The Interplay of Globalized Localization and Localized Globalization
- Creators
- Mercedes Niño-Murcia - University of IowaJuan Carlos Godenzzi - University of MontrealJason Rothman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International multilingual research journal, Vol.2(1-2), pp.48-66
- DOI
- 10.1080/19313150701766912
- ISSN
- 1931-3152
- eISSN
- 1931-3160
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/11/2008
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Spanish and Portuguese
- Record Identifier
- 9984222746202771
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