Spanish speakers in the USA
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Spanish speakers in the USA
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Multilingual Matters, c2013
- : pbk
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This record refers to the first edition. Please note that a new fully revised and updated second edition was published in 2020. For more information, search for 'Speaking Spanish in the US: The Sociopolitics of Language' by Janet M. Fuller and Jennifer Leeman.
Spanish Speakers in the USA explores the relationship between language and culture both as specific to Latin@s and as a generalizable example of linguistic and cultural diversity. The concept of identity is explored, with special attention to culturally embedded ideas about 'race' and ethnicity, and how language contributes to identity construction. Also addressed are attitudes and beliefs about the Spanish language, and the people who speak it, as they are revealed in online communication, public discourse, films and television. Linguistic consequences of language contact are discussed, showing how so-called 'Spanglish' is both socially significant and linguistically mundane. The final chapter illuminates how the education of Spanish speakers in the USA school system is linked to issues surrounding Latin@ identities and ideologies about Spanish.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: IDEOLOGIES AND IDENTITIES
Chapter One: Language Ideologies and Language Policies
Chapter Two: Language and Identity
Chapter Three: "Race", Ethnicity and the Language of Latinos in the US
Chapter Four: Media Representations of Spanish and Spanish Speakers in US English Language TV and Film: Production and Reproduction of Ideologies
Part II: LANGUAGE PRACTICES
Chapter Five: Spanish Language Maintenance and Shift in the US
Chapter Six: Linguistic Consequences of Spanish-English Bilingualism in the US: Spanglish and Chican@ English
Chapter Seven: Latin@ Education in the US
Glossary
Index
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