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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455001003321

Autore

Lipski John M

Titolo

Varieties of Spanish in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / John M. Lipski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-58901-651-3

1-4416-1204-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Georgetown Studies in Spanish linguistics series

Disciplina

460.973

467.973

Soggetti

Spanish language - United States

Bilingualism - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The importance of Spanish in the United States -- Overview of scholarship on Spanish in the United States -- Spanish, English, or . . . Spanglish? -- Mexican Spanish in the United States -- Cuban Spanish in the United States -- Puerto Rican Spanish in the United States -- Dominican Spanish in the United States -- Central American Spanish in the United States -- Salvadoran Spanish in the United States -- Nicaraguan Spanish in the United States -- Guatemalan and Honduran Spanish in the United States -- Traditional varieties : New Mexico and Louisiana -- Language mixing and code-switching

Sommario/riassunto

Thirty-three million people in the United States speak some variety of Spanish, making it the second most used language in the country. Some of these people are recent immigrants from many different countries who have brought with them the linguistic traits of their homelands, while others come from families who have lived in this country for hundreds of years. John M. Lipski traces the importance of the Spanish language in the United States and presents an overview of the major varieties of Spanish that are spoken there. Varieties of Spanish in the United States providesùin a single volumeùus