1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City

Edited By Andrew Lynch Copyright 2020
    476 Pages
    by Routledge

    476 Pages
    by Routledge



    The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world.



    With a unique focus on Spanish as an international language, each chapter questions the traditional and modern notions of language, place, and identity in the urban context of globalization.



    This collection of new perspectives on the sociology of Spanish provides an insightful and invaluable resource for students and researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of sociolinguistic research.

    Introduction: Globalization, Cities, and the Spanish Language in Postmodernity



    Globality and Locality



    Chapter 1: The ‘Glocalization’ of Spanish in Asia: Spanish Language Study and Familial Use in Hong Kong



    Chapter 2: Local and Global Elements of Spanish in Madrid



    Chapter 3: The Mass Mediation of Spanish in Miami



    Chapter 4: Making Global Processes Local: Conversational Recasting in New York City



    Space and Orders of Indexicality



    Chapter 5: The City in Mind: Metalinguistic Constructions of Urban Space in Buenos Aires



    Chapter 6: Migration and Orders of Indexicality in Lima



    Chapter 7: Spanish Language Visibility and the ‘Making of Presence’ in the Linguistic Landscape of London



    Chapter 8: Building the Megalopolis: Dialectal Leveling and Language Contact in Mexico City



    Identity



    Chapter 9: Internal Migration and Ethnicity in Santiago



    Chapter 10: Identity Positions and Agency among Chilean Migrants in Sydney



    Chapter 11: Advancing a Sociolinguistics of Complexity: Spanish-Speaking Identities in Washington



    Negotiation of Language Resources



    Chapter 12: Down the Sociolinguistic Rabbit Hole: The Complexities and Contradictions of Spanish in Barcelona



    Chapter 13: Lexical Contact Phenomena Among Spanish Migrants in Cologne



    Chapter 14: Negotiating Language on the Radio in Los Angeles



    Chapter 15: Spanish in-Motion in Milan



    Afterword



    Spanish in the City (Francisco Moreno Fernández)

    Biography

    Andrew Lynch is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Miami, USA.