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Introducción a la Sociolingüística Hispánica es un libro de texto imprescindible para los estudiantes de pregrado que cursan sociolingüística hispánica. Cada capítulo está redactado en un lenguaje sencillo y accesible. Sobre la base de un enfoque pedagógico, cada capítulo incluye una introducción, una lista de los temas a ser discutidos, el desarrollo de tales temas, un resumen, una lista de términos claves, un glosario de la terminología clave, una sección de ejercicios y preguntas de comprensión al final de cada sección temática de cada capítulo. Provee una introducción actualizada sobre los temas más relevantes de la versátil sociolingüística española contemporánea tales como la variación fonológica, el bilingüismo, la lengua y las leyes, las actitudes lingüísticas, entre otros Incluye una variedad de actividades para apoyar y extender el aprendizaje de los estudiantes Ofrece un enfoque pedagógico único que incluye ejercicios de análisis de datos. Estas actividades estimulan la  investigación por parte de los estudiantes a través del uso de las bases de datos, la música popular y otros recursos audiovisuales El libro incluye ejemplos de las variedades de español habladas en el mundo hispanohablante con secciones especiales dedicadas a las variedades habladas en los EEUU Introducción a la Sociolingüística Hispánica 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

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.. . 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, 18 May 2015)

... 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, 18 May 2015)

...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 ?Bien organizado y preparado en espanol, este texto proveera una instruccion exhaustiva a los lectores en la sociolinguistica hispanica y atraera a una audiencia mas amplia a esta disciplina y areas afines.? -Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, University of Texas, Austin ?Comprehensive, well organized, and prepared in Spanish, this text will educate its readers in Hispanic sociolinguistics and entice increasingly broader audiences to this field and related areas.? -Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, University of Texas, Austin ?Con una perspectiva variacionista, Diaz-Campos nos presenta un libro astutamente organizado e impresionante en su alcance de temas sociolinguisticos. Con este libro sumamente accesible, el estudiante de sociolinguistica definitivamente aprende.? -Richard Cameron, University of Illinois at Chicago ?With a variationist perspective, Diaz-Campos presents us with an astutely organized book, impressive in its range of sociolinguistic topics. With this very accessible book, the student of sociolinguistics will definitely learn.? -Richard Cameron, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Manuel Díaz Campos es profesor asociado de lingüística hispánica de la Universidad de Indiana. En relación con las actividades de investigación, realiza estudios en las áreas de sociolingüística, variación fonológica y morfosintáctica, adquisición fonológica, entonación y adquisición fonológica en estudiantes de español como segunda lengua. Entre las publicaciones más recientes se incluyen The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Manuel Díaz-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).

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