Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- I Conception of the Project -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Issue at Hand: Linguistic Interaction in Situations of Migration in Urban Spaces -- 1.2 Review of Literature -- 1.3 Theoretical Considerations: the Linguistic Ecology Approach -- 1.4 Methodology: a Corpus based Approach -- 1.5 Implementation of Methodology and Theoretical Approach: The Main Parameters -- 1.6 Contact -- 1.7 Linguistic Parameters -- 1.8 Structure -- 2. Theoretical Basis -- 2.1 Linguistic Ecology Approach: The Three Levels and their Interrelations -- 2.1.1 The Three Level Model -- 2.1.2 Migration as Nexus between the Three Levels -- 2.1.2.1 Interrelations in Space, Migratory Movements and Contact -- 2.1.3 Identity as Nexus between the Three Levels -- 2.1.4 Identity and Integration -- 2.2 The Three Levels of the Linguistic Ecology Approach in Detail -- 2.2.1 The Micro Level -- 2.2.1.1 Linguistic Interaction, Features and Utterances -- 2.2.2 From the Micro to the Meso Level -- 2.2.2.1 Discourse Strategies and Feature Pools -- 2.2.2.2 Frequency, Markedness and Cognitive Salience -- 2.2.3 The Meso Level -- 2.2.3.1 Language Contact, Copying and Varieties -- 2.2.3.2 Propagation and Linguistic Results -- 2.2.3.3 Perception and Attitudes -- 2.2.4 From the Meso to the Macro Level -- 2.2.4.1 Norm -- 2.2.4.2 Urban Space, Social Networks and Migrants -- 2.2.5 The Macro Level -- 2.2.5.1 Historical Influences and Collective Identities -- II Analysis of the Spaces -- 3. Lima -- 3.1 The Meso Level: Society, Socio-Historic Setting and Identity -- 3.1.1 Historical Lima -- 3.1.2 Constitution and Development of the City of Lima -- 3.1.3 Urbanisation, Centralisation, Population -- 3.1.4 Political - Administrative and Economic Infrastructure -- 3.2 Between Meso and Macro Level: Lima and Peru -- 3.2.1 Collective Cultural Identity -- 3.2.2 Cultural Memory.

3.2.3 Delimiting Structures -- 3.3 The Micro Level: The Corpus -- 3.3.1 Constitution of the Corpus -- 3.3.2 The Analysis: Introduction -- 3.3.3 Cognitive Aspects -- 3.3.3.1 Phonetics and Phonology -- 3.3.3.2 Agreement -- 3.3.3.3 Pronouns -- 3.3.3.4 TMA -- 3.3.3.5 Prepositions -- 3.3.3.6 Syntax -- 3.3.4 Pragmatic - Discursive Aspects -- 3.3.4.1 Discourse Development and Suprasegmentals -- 3.3.4.2 Discourse Development and Discourse Particles -- 3.3.4.3 Repetitions -- 3.3.5 Connectives and Text Structuring -- 3.3.6 Situational - Social Aspects -- 3.3.6.1 Lexis -- 3.3.6.2 Forms of Address in the Verbal Phrase -- 4. Madrid -- 4.1 The Meso Level: Society, Socio-Historic Setting and Identity -- 4.1.1 History of Madrid -- 4.1.2 Urbanisation, Centralisation, Population -- 4.1.3 Administration and Infrastructure in Madrid -- 4.1.4 Distribution of Migrants in the Neighbourhoods of Madrid -- 4.2 Between the Macro and the Meso Level: Spain and Madrid -- 4.2.1 Migratory Movements between Latin America and Spain -- 4.2.2 Remittances and Living Conditions -- 4.2.3 Contacts before Migration -- 4.2.4 Work and Economic Migration -- 4.2.5 Return Migration -- 4.2.6 Collective Cultural Identity of Migrants -- 4.2.6.1 Migrants' Situation from their Own Perspective -- 4.2.6.2 Delimiting Structures -- 4.2.6.3 Ingroup Identities -- 4.2.6.4 Migrants' Awareness of their Situation in General Society -- 4.2.7 Culture and Integration in Madrid -- 4.2.7.1 Awareness for Migrants of the Receiving Society -- 4.2.7.2 Integration and Cultural Diversity -- 4.3 The Micro Level: The Corpus -- 4.3.1 Constitution of the Corpus -- 4.3.2 The Analysis: Introduction -- 4.3.3 Cognitive Aspects -- 4.3.3.1 Phonetics and Phonology -- 4.3.3.2 Agreement -- 4.3.3.3 Pronouns -- 4.3.3.4 TMA -- 4.3.3.5 Prepositions -- 4.3.3.6 Syntax -- 4.3.4 Pragmatic - Discursive Aspects.

4.3.4.1 Discourse Development and Suprasegmentals -- 4.3.4.2 Discourse Development and Discourse Particles -- 4.3.4.3 Repetitions -- 4.3.5 Connectives and Text Structuring -- 4.3.6 Situational - Social Aspects -- 4.3.6.1 Lexis -- 4.3.6.2 Forms of Address in the Verbal Phrase -- III Language Use and Communication in Comparison -- 5. Comparative Analysis -- 5.1 Cognitive Aspects -- 5.1.1 Phonetics and Phonology -- 5.1.2 Agreement -- 5.1.3 Pronouns -- 5.1.4 TMA -- 5.1.5 Prepositions -- 5.1.6 Syntax -- 5.2 Pragmatic - Discursive Aspects -- 5.2.1 Discourse Development and Suprasegmentals -- 5.2.2 Discourse Development and Discourse Particles -- 5.2.3 Repetitions -- 5.3 Connectives and Text Structuring -- 5.4 Situational - Social Aspects -- 5.4.1 Lexis -- 5.4.2 Forms of Address -- 5.5 General Conclusive Comparison: An Expanded Feature Pool -- 6. Interplay of the three Levels in Comparison -- 6.1 Complexity, Mixture and Conventionalisation -- 6.2 Koineization -- 6.3 Code Copying -- 6.4 Hybridisation of Language -- 6.5 Discourse Strategies -- 6.5.1 Structuring -- 6.5.2 Emotive Speech -- 6.5.3 Politeness and Affability -- 6.5.4 Commitment and Involvement -- 6.6 Language and Identity -- 6.7 Identity's/ies In-between and Hybridization -- 6.8 The Complete Picture: Language Use, Feature Pool and Identity -- 7. Summary and Perspectives -- 7.1 Summary -- 7.2 Perspectives -- Bibliography.