Sociolinguistic analysis of Mexican-American bilingualism: Spanglish as a sociocultural phenomenon

von Judyta Pawliszko

282 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The main purpose of the book is to describe the two linguistic-cultural phenomena arising from mass emigration of Mexicans to Los Angeles: Spanish-English bilingualism and Spanglish. The main thesis of the research is the correlation between Spanish-English bilingualism and Spanglish. As public opinion deemed Spanglish as a blocker for linguistic advancement or degraded Spanish, it is actually a method of enhancing the linguistic system. That is why, not only does the research contest the use of such terms, but it also argues that bilingualism is a much more compound and adequate term as well as an analytic framework for the study of bilingual productions. Spanglish should be understood as a form of bilingualism, a hybrid enriching the linguistic system.

• Reihe: Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Soziolinguistik
• ISBN: 9783631806654
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.01.2020
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften