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 languageCombines current applied and theoretical research results in the field of Spanish linguisticsExplores all facets relating to the origins, evolution, and geographical variations of the Spanish languageExamines top.

Cover; Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics; Title Page; Copyright; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Editors' Note; Chapter 1: Geographical and Social Varieties of Spanish: An Overview; 1 Introduction; 2 Dialect divisions in Spain; 3 Dialect divisions in Latin America; 4 Major variation patterns: phonetics and phonology; 5 Intonational differences: selected regional traits; 6 Regional and social morphosyntactic differentiation; 7 Lexical variation; 8 Summary; References; Chapter 2: The Spanish-based Creoles; 1 Introduction; 2 The lack of Spanish-based creoles.

3 Language evolution and pidgin/creole formation and development; 4 Restructured Spanish and the sociohistorical background of PAL, PAP, and ZAM; 5 A comparison of some linguistic features of PAL, PAP, and ZAM; 6 Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 3: Spanish Among the Ibero-Romance Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 The Historical Dimension; 3 Inter-dialectal Contact; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Spanish in Contact with Amerindian Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 Amerindian Languages; 3 Contact Features: Grammatical; 4 Spanish in Contact with Amerindian languages.

5 Sociolinguistic Characteristics; 6 Final Remarks; References; Chapter 5: The Phonemes of Spanish; 1 Introduction; 2 Vocoids; 3 Consonant Phonemes; 4 Quasi-phonemic Contrasts; 5 Conclusion; 6 Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Main Phonological Processes; 1 Introduction; 2 Nasal and Lateral Assimilation; 3 Voiced Obstruents; 4 Voicing Assimilation; 5 Complete Assimilation; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: Syllable Structure; 1 Introduction: Basic Concepts; 2 Sonority and Syllabic Structure; 3 Onsets and Onset Clusters; 4 C#V and C#CV sequences Across Words.

5 Nuclei and Complex Nuclei: Diphthongs, Vowels, and Glides; 6 Coda Consonants and Coda Restrictions; 7 Syllable Structure and Morphology; References; Chapter 8: Stress and Rhythm; 1 Definition and functions of stress; 2 Patterns of word-level stress in Spanish; 3 Metrical Structure and Stress; 4 Quantity-Sensitivity and Related Restrictions in Spanish Stress Patterns; 5 Stress in Compounds; 6 Unstressed Words; 7 Secondary Stress; 8 Acoustic Correlates of Stress; 9 Spanish Rhythm; 10 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9: Intonation in Spanish; 1 Introduction.

2 Spanish Intonation Structure; 3 Dialect Differences in Intonation; 4 Intonation in Spanish in Contact with other Languages; 5 Intonation and Language Acquisition; 6 Summary and Future Directions; 7 Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10: Morphophonological Alternations; 1 Introduction; 2 Diphthongization; 3 Diminutive Formation; 4 Velar and Coronal Softening; 5 Nasal and Velar Depalatalization; 6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 11: Derivation and Compounding; 1 Derivation: Types, Suffixation, Prefixation; 2 Derivation Argument Structure, Aspect, and Affix Ordering.

3. Compounding: Constituents, Traditional Classifications, and Types.

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