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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777966103321
• Autore: Lipski John M
• 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
• 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