Bilingual Competence: Linguistic Interference or Grammatical Intergrity?

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Date

1983

Authors

Poplack, Shana

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Publisher

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Arlington

Abstract

This study reviews five papers focusing on Spanish in the United States setting in light of traditional and current research in the field of bilingualism. The author discusses methodological, conceptual, and analytical approaches to language contact, as well as the implications of various research frameworks for the findings. It is suggested that the "sociolinguistic method" can be successfully applied to the study of language contact.

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Linguistic Change, Language Transfer, Spanish -- USA, Minority Language Variation

Citation

Spanish in the U.S. Setting: Beyond the Southwest; 107-129