This book provides a clear and comprehensive overview of
sociolinguistics and the pragmatics of oral communication in Spanish. It
is a thoroughly updated revision of the first edition, which was
published in 2001 and received critical acclaim. While maintaining the
same structure as the first edition, the second edition will include
revised Ejercicios de Reflexion along with new comprehension checks and
new suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter; these
revisions and additions will enhance its appeal as a classroom text.
Among the significant substantive revisions are more attention to the
relation of pragmatics to sociolinguistics, a new section on applied
sociolinguistics and the teaching of Spanish as a heritage language,
updated information on statistical modeling programs for studying
linguistic variables, expanded coverage of the overt versus null
pronomial subject variable, a new emphasis on pragmatics in chapter
five, and a new section on Spanglish.The entire book will be updated in
relation to scholarship published since 2001. Additional attention to
the definition of key concepts and terms will be provided throughout the
volume.