Language Contact and Change

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This work is the first comprehensive sociolinguistic study of a Spanish variety within the United States that combines both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data...Silva-Corvalan's volume offers a complete view of a specific group of speakers representing the single most in-depth study of linguistics and social phenomena related to this community. * Anthropological Linguistics Vol 37 * excellent theoretical (but data-rich) book ... thought-provoking study ... By combining painstaking field-work with well-informed and up-to-date analysis and theory, Silva succeeds in serving at least three groups of masters at once ... this book will make very worthwhile reading. * Armin Schwegler, University of California, Irvine, Language in Society 25:2 (1996) *