The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics

This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics. <ul type=”disc”> <li>Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics</li> <li>Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory</li> <li>Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues</li> <li>Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish</li> <li>Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain</li> </ul>