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Spanglish: Linguistic practice or linguistic perversion among U.S. Latinos?

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Spanglish: Linguistic practice or linguistic perversion among U.S. Latinos?/
Author:	Neumann, Deidre.
Description:	78 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-05, page: .
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International49-05.
Subject:	Language, Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1491336
ISBN:	9781124597935

Spanglish: Linguistic practice or linguistic perversion among U.S. Latinos?
Neumann, Deidre.

Spanglish: Linguistic practice or linguistic perversion among U.S. Latinos? - 78 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-05, page: .

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2011.

Linguistically, Spanglish is defined as a communicative practice which involves code-switching, code-mixing, and lexical borrowing among bilingual speakers in US Latino communities. In popular parlance, Spanglish is considered an autonomous (hybrid) language---a cross between Spanish and English. This aforementioned view represents a growing trend throughout many Latino communities in the US. The use of the term "Spanglish" has fostered great debate among several sectors within the academic world cultivating arguments that question the linguistic adequacy or competence of users of Spanglish in either of the base languages as well as their chances of socioeconomic success among many other concerns. This study examines Spanglish as a form of both cultural and linguistic expression. Both in its use in conversation as well as its establishment as a type of catalyst for a merger of Spanglish and other aspects of American and Latin American cultures and identities will be examined. This study compares the perspectives of sociolinguists as well as popular opinions derived from those straddling the Spanglish divide day to day. It weighs the research and findings of sociolinguists such as Ricardo Otheguy against experts such as Ana Celia Zentella to provide empirical evidence and theoretical positions from both sides of the argument. Cultural and educational leaders such as Ilan Stavans and Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria also complement the arguments by adding their views developed through years of work and contact with Latinos in the US. The study culminates with an analysis of uses of Spanglish as a form of expression as well as the substantial discussion of the specific linguistic proficiencies required to skillfully and seamlessly combine the two languages. I suggest that, while Spanglish is an expressive, illustrative and colorful form of self-representation for a multicultural population with a variety of different backgrounds and national origins, we also need to discern its limits in where and how it should be used and determine how much validity we give to the popular claim that it is a potentially autonomous language or linguistic system.

ISBN: 9781124597935Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Spanglish: Linguistic practice or linguistic perversion among U.S. Latinos?
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