基本説明
This text presents an interdisciplinary perspective on Spanish speakers in the US, looking at how language and culture are interwined. It explores attitudes about Spanish and its speakers; how Spanish and English are used in a variety of US contexts; how Spanish has changed through its contact with English and the education of Latinas in the U.S. school system.
Full 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.
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
