In Castilian Spanish a swimming pool is a “piscina”, in Mexican Spanish an “alberca.” The Spanish spoken in Buenos Aires was shaped by the massive influx of Italian immigrants, and the varieties of Spanish heard in New York nowadays clearly reveal the influence of English. Languages vary, intermix and are the product of dynamic contacts in diverse regions.
The linguist Francisco Moreno-Fernández is a world-leading expert in investigating the relationships between language and society. One aspect of his research deals with the influence of the cultural region, political and demographic developments as well as the subjective perception of identity and prestige on language. Moreno-Fernández, who is seen as one of the most influential social-linguists in research into Spanish-speaking communities in Latin America and the United States, focusses in particular on migration movements and their role in the complex formation and development of linguistic, social and cultural regions.
As a Humboldt Professor at the University of Heidelberg, Moreno-Fernández is set to head the new interdisciplinary Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies.
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