Introduccion a la Sociolinguistica Hispanica es un libro de texto imprescindible para los estudiantes de pregrado que cursan sociolinguistica hispanica. Cada capitulo esta redactado en un lenguaje sencillo y accesible. Sobre la base de un enfoque pedagogico, cada capitulo incluye una introduccion, una lista de los temas a ser discutidos, el desarrollo de tales temas, un resumen, una lista de terminos claves, un glosario de la terminologia clave, una seccion de ejercicios y preguntas de comprension al final de cada seccion tematica de cada capitulo.

• Provee una introduccion actualizada sobre los temas mas relevantes de la versatil sociolinguistica espanola contemporanea tales como la variacion fonologica, el bilinguismo, la lengua y las leyes, las actitudes linguisticas, entre otros
• Incluye una variedad de actividades para apoyar y extender el aprendizaje de los estudiantes
• Ofrece un enfoque pedagogico unico que incluye ejercicios de analisis de datos. Estas actividades estimulan la investigacion por parte de los estudiantes a traves del uso de las bases de datos, la musica popular y otros recursos audiovisuales
• El libro incluye ejemplos de las variedades de espanol habladas en el mundo hispanohablante con secciones especiales dedicadas a las variedades habladas en los EEUU

Introduccion a la Sociolinguistica Hispanica is a much-needed undergraduate introduction to the study of sociolinguistics in the Spanish-speaking world. Written in accessible Spanish, each chapter includes an overview, a review of topics, a section of key terms, exercises and questions.

• Provides up-to-date coverage of the main topics of sociolinguistics - such as phonological variation, bilingualism, and language attitudes - in relation to the Hispanic world
• Incorporates a variety of activities to support and extend student's learning
• Offers a unique pedagogical approach, in which data analysis exercises encourage students to conduct research by using electronic databases, popular music, and audiovisual material
• Features examples that apply to Spanish varieties spoken around the world, with special sections dedicated to the Spanish varieties of the US

About the Author

Manuel Diaz-Campos is Associate Professor of Hispanic Sociolinguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variables in L1, sociolinguistic variation, acquisition of second language phonology, and topics in Spanish laboratory phonology. He is the editor of The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

Reviews

"...this book will be truly appreciated by linguists and Spanish cultural studies scholars, and will be an invaluable resource for a Spanish Sociolinguistics class. Students of Spanish as a foreign language will benefit greatly from this work, as it provides tools to better understand the concepts presented in each of the chapters through glossaries and practice activities." - The Canadian Journal of Linguistics, March 2016


"Introduccion a la sociolinguistica hispanica is a textbook with an undeniable homogeneity, which includes fundamental sociolinguistic concepts with rigor and without skipping details. The book is reader-friendly for those who are beginning in this engaging field, and serves as a complete compilation for those who are beyond the basic level. This book follows an impeccable pedagogical path from the beginning to the end that makes this textbook indispensable for the teaching of Hispanic sociolinguistics at the introductory university level." - Boletin de Linguistica

"Introduccion a la sociolinguistica hispanica es un texto con una unidad innegable, que abarca los principales postulados de la sociolinguistica con rigor y sin menospreciar el detalle. La obra constituye un texto amistoso para quienes se inician en tan apasionante labor y un "album", sin desperdicio, para los ya iniciados. La impecable huella didactica del texto se mantiene presente de principio a fin y hace de esta obra un manual indispensable para la ensenanza de la sociolinguistica hispanica en los niveles universitarios introductorios." - Boletin de Linguistica

"... Diaz-Campos provides a detailed panorama of the sociolinguistic studies to date, utilizes an engaging writing style, and incorporates innovative activities and exercises. The textbook is an excellent teaching tool for instructors of Hispanic linguistics and is a must-read for students in the field." - LINGUIST, May 2015

This book is very well organized and presents the material with an eye to classroom teaching. For instance, after each chapter there are reading comprehension questions that can help teachers organize class discussion and students develop their critical thinking skills. There are also subsections in each chapter that include contextualized tasks for the students that invite them to reflect on their own sociolinguistic settings, to apply the concepts learned, and to think about research topics... Every chapter introduces novel ways to conceive sociolinguistic phenomena. - Margarita Jara Yupanqui, Sociolinguistic Studies, February 2017

Book Information
ISBN 9780470658024
Author Manuel Diaz-Campos
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 581g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 191mm * 17mm