Language contact and change in Mesoamerica and beyond

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Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; Chapter 1. Language contact in Mesoamerica and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. Language contact in Mesoamerica and beyond; 2.1 Contact among the indigenous languages; 2.2 Influence of indigenous languages on Spanish; 2.3 Influence of Spanish on indigenous languages; 3. Chapter summaries; 4. Conclusion; References. 4.2 Comparison of reduced loanwords and other forms vs. borrowed infinitives4.3 Can other verbs function as light verbs with borrowed nouns?; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. The effect of external factors on the perception of sounds in Me phaa; 1. Introduction; 2. The language and its socio-historical context; 3. The development of a written form; 4. Factors that may have affected perception; 4.1 Contact with other indigenous languages of the area; 4.2 Linguistic analysis; 4.3 Contact with Spanish; 4.4 Contact with Spanish-language education. 4.5 Exposure to a particular kind of educational system4.6 Mutual contact between varieties of Me phaa; 5. Six cases to examine; 5.1 Rhotic; 5.2 Alveolar affricate; 5.3 Palatal and velar nasal consonants; 5.4 Labiodental approximant; 5.5 Aspirated glottal stop; 5.6 Aspiration; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Sociolinguistic factors in loanword prosody; 1. Stratification of Spanish loanwords in Zaniza Zapotec; 2. Mapping of Spanish stress to Zaniza Zapotec tones; 3. Typological parallels; 4. Discussion; References. Chapter 2. Spanish influence in two Tepehua languages: Structure-preserving, structure-changing, and structure-preferring effects1. Introduction; 2. Structure-preserving change; 2.1 Basic borrowing; 2.2 Incorporating Spanish verb forms; 3. Structure-changing influence; 3.1 Loss of the uvular; 3.2 Effect on syllable structure; 3.3 From three vowel positions to five; 3.4 Loss of contrast between voiced and voiceless laterals; 3.5 Bilabials and orthography; 4. Structure-preferring influence; 4.1 Progressive aspect; 4.2 Applicatives and prepositions; 5. Final observations; Acknowledgements