The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics

Reflecting the growth and increasing global importance of the Spanish language, The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics brings together a team of renowned Spanish linguistics scholars to explore both applied and theoretical work in this field. Features 41 newly-written essays contributed by leading language scholars that shed new light on the growth and significance of the Spanish language Combines current applied and theoretical research results in the field of Spanish linguistics Explores all facets relating to the origins, evolution, and geographical variations of the Spanish language Examines topics including second language learning, Spanish in the classroom, immigration, heritage languages, and bilingualism

Reflecting the growth and increasing global importance of the Spanish language, The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics brings together a team of renowned Spanish linguistics scholars to explore both applied and theoretical work in this field.* Features 41 newly-written essays contributed by leading language scholars that shed new light on the growth and significance of the Spanish language* Combines current applied and theoretical research results in the field of Spanish linguistics* Explores all facets relating to the origins, evolution, and geographical variations of the Spanish language* Examines topics including second language learning, Spanish in the classroom, immigration, heritage languages, and bilingualism

List of Figures ixList of Tables xiNotes on Contributors xiiiEditors' Note xxi1 Geographical and Social Varieties of Spanish: An Overview1JOHN M. LIPSKI2 The Spanish-based Creoles 27J. CLANCY CLEMENTS3 Spanish Among the Ibero-Romance Languages 47CHRISTOPHER J. POUNTAIN4 Spanish in Contact with Amerindian Languages 65ANNA MARIA ESCOBAR5 The Phonemes of Spanish 89REBEKA CAMPOS-ASTORKIZA6 Main Phonological Processes 111FERNANDO MARTINEZ-GIL7 Syllable Structure 133SONIA COLINA8 Stress and Rhythm 153JOSE IGNACIO HUALDE9 Intonation in Spanish 173ERIN O'ROURKE10 Morphophonological Alternations 193DAVID EDDINGTON11 Derivation and Compounding 209SOLEDAD VARELA12 Morphological Structure of Verbal Forms 227MANUEL PEREZ SALDANYA13 Forms of Address 247BOB DE JONGE AND DORIEN NIEUWENHUIJSEN14 Structure of the Noun Phrase 263M. CARME PICALLO15 Indefiniteness and Specificity 285MANUEL LEONETTI16 Quantification 307JAVIER GUTIERREZ-REXACH17 Structure of the Verb Phrase 333JAUME MATEU18 Tense and Aspect 355KAREN ZAGONA19 Mood: Indicative vs. Subjunctive 373IGNACIO BOSQUE20 The Simple Sentence 395HECTOR CAMPOS21 Clitics in Spanish 423FRANCISCO ORDONEZ22 Ser and Estar: The Individual/Stage-level Distinction andAspectual Predication 453JOSE CAMACHO23 Passives and se Constructions 477AMAYA MENDIKOETXEA24 Coordination and Subordination 503RICARDO ETXEPARE25 Wh-movement: Interrogatives, Exclamatives, and Relatives533JERID FRANCOM26 Binding: Deixis, Anaphors, Pronominals 557LUIS EGUREN27 Empty Categories and Ellipsis 579JOSEP MARIA BRUCART AND JONATHAN E. MACDONALD28 Word Order and Information Structure 603ANTXON OLARREA29 Speech Acts 629VICTORIA ESCANDELL-VIDAL30 Discourse Syntax 653CATHERINE E. TRAVIS AND RENA TORRES CACOULLOS31 Historical Morphosyntax and Grammaticalization 673CONCEPCION COMPANY COMPANY32 First Language Acquisition of Spanish Sounds and Prosody693CONXITA LLEO´33 Spanish as a Second Language and Teaching Methodologies711CRISTINA SANZ34 The L2 Acquisition of Spanish Phonetics and Phonology729MIQUEL SIMONET35 Theoretical Perspectives on the L2 Acquisition of Spanish747SILVINA MONTRUL36 Spanish as a Heritage Language 765MARIAM. CARREIRA37 Acquisition of Spanish in Bilingual Contexts 783CARMEN SILVA-CORVALAN38 Reading Words and Sentences in Spanish 803MANUEL CARREIRAS, JON ANDONI DUNABEITIA, AND NICOLAMOLINARO39 Language Impairments 827JOSE MANUEL IGOA40 Lexical Access in Spanish as a First and Second Language847ALBERT COSTA, IVA IVANOVA, CRISTINA BAUS, AND NURIASEBASTIAN-GALLESIndex 865