Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: The Evolution of Latin American Spanish
1. The classifiaction of Latin American dialects
2. The linguistic heritage of Spain
3. Before and after Spain - the Native American contribution
4. Social variation in Latin American Spanish

Part 2: Individual Latin American Dialects
5. Introduction to the particulars of Latin American dialects
6. Spanish of Argentina
7. Spanish of Bolivia
8. Spanish of Chile
9. Spanish of Columbia
10. Spanish of Costa Rica
11. Spanish of Cuba
12. Spanish of the Dominican Republic
13. Spanish of Ecuador
14. Spanish of El Salvador
15. Spanish of Guatemala
16. Spanish of Honduras
17. Spanish of Mexico
18. Spanish of Nicaragua
19. Spanish of Panama
20. Spanish of Paraguay
21. Spanish of Peru
22. Spanish of Puerto Rico
23. Spanish of Uruguay
24. Spanish of Venezuela

Map of Latin America
Index

Reviews

"...the most readable and balanced survey of Latin American Spanish in any language...an extremely well-informed and stimulating survey of American Spanish that successfully states the major questions posed by Latin American dialectology." Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages