Based on semi-spontaneous and read speech data from 31 Catalan–Spanish bilinguals, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the intonation of Spanish and Catalan as spoken in Girona, with a focus on the speakers’ bilingualism.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBenjamins Publishing Company, John
ISBN-109027218161
ISBN-139789027218162
eBay Product ID (ePID)23071165923
Product Key Features
Number of Pages437 Pages
Publication NameIntonation in Language Contact : the Case of Spanish in Catalonia
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectRomance Languages (Other), Linguistics / General
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJonas Grünke
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesLinguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight32.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2024-039295
Series Volume Number286
SynopsisThe intense language contact between Spanish and Catalan in Catalonia has led to cross-linguistic influence at all linguistic levels, but its effect on the prosody of these languages has received little attention to date. Based on semi-spontaneous and read speech data from 31 Catalan-Spanish bilinguals, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the intonation of Spanish and Catalan as spoken in Girona, with a focus on the speakers' bilingualism. These contact varieties share numerous intonational properties, with differences mainly in the frequency of specific tunes in certain contexts. However, they also exhibit significant variation, often linked to extralinguistic factors such as the bilinguals' language dominance. Overall, the intonation of these contact varieties results from substratum transfer and wholesale convergence between the prosodic systems of Spanish and Catalan. The book is particularly relevant to scholars researching prosody, language contact, variation, and multilingualism.