Diglosia y contacto lingüístico en Limón, Costa Rica

This paper provides a description of the language contact situation in Limón, Costa Rica. It presents a theoretical account regarding language contact in this area and discusses why this linguistic situation leads to challenges for the definition of diglossia and bilingualism that have traditionally...

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Autor: Aguilar-Sánchez, Jorge
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/17108
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/17108
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:language contact
diglossia
bilingualism
multilingualism
language variation
contacto lingüístico
diglosia
bilingüismo
multilingüismo
variación lingüística
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Resumo:This paper provides a description of the language contact situation in Limón, Costa Rica. It presents a theoretical account regarding language contact in this area and discusses why this linguistic situation leads to challenges for the definition of diglossia and bilingualism that have traditionally been used to describe it. The analysis concludes with support for the thesis that two varieties of English interact with a variety of Spanish in the Costa Rican area of Limón and result in a new variety of Spanish due to this language contact. This study highlights the need to explore these varieties of Spanish to fully understand this contact situation.