Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World: Macro and Micro Perspectives

Language and Globalization

by Clare Mar-Molinero (Editor), Miranda Stewart (Editor)

This volume considers, at global and at local levels, the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the face of processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently the dominant language in this contact situation. But how contested is its hegemony; and how far does contact with it threaten other languages? How are these other, weaker, minoritized languages prospering in a world where a few strong, global languages may be taking over their linguistic domains?

Genres: Linguistics

283 pages, Hardcover

First published September 5, 2006