ESP 2302 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Spanish Language, Language Contact, Language Change

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Spanish
• Course: ESP 2302
• Professor: Elena Valenzuela

Document Summary

Spanish is the (co-)official language of ~21 countries. Some facts about spanish: ~500 million speakers of spanish worldwide (both native and non-native speakers, native speakers: ~400 million, the third most used language on the internet (8% of users) follows english (25%) and. It is second to mandarin for number of native speakers. Language and globalization: the working definition of globalization that we will assume is: (hamel 2003): globalization refers to (cid:862)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g inter-connectivity on all levels(cid:863) If globalization refers to our current social situation, how does it affect language: key factors in promoting a language globally (spanish), language policy, popular music and other media outlets. Language contact and language spread: coupland (2003) 4 key processes in analyzing language in a global context: Latinos in the us: the u. s. hispanic population increased 47% to ~33 million over the last couple of decades, fastest growing minority group in the us.