ESP 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Language Change, Instituto Cervantes, Consumerism
23 Sep 2018
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Migration route: sevilla canary islands cuba (cid:858)la espa(cid:374) ola (the island now known as haiti and. Dominican republic: once the aztec and incan empires were conquered, the two points of travel were to. Mexico city me xico and lima, peru: the first spanish-speaking cities were, cuba and la espa(cid:374) ola, veracruz and mexico city, cartagena and lima, etc. Global spanish: ulrich ammon (2010) argues that spanish is similar to english in its global status in that it is spread over 3 or 4 continents (21 countries) as a majority language. This is arguably the strongest indicator that it is viewed as a commodity. Global status: how many native and non-native speakers of the language there are and in how many continents/countries. Factors that influence global function: number of native speakers, economic strength (of its speakers, official status, economy, science (language used for important and influential scholarly publications and conferences)
