03004nam 2200601Ia 450 991077796610332120230721021714.01-58901-651-31-4416-1204-1(CKB)1000000000764364(EBL)547807(OCoLC)648711579(SSID)ssj0000266784(PQKBManifestationID)11217126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266784(PQKBWorkID)10305121(PQKB)10181339(MiAaPQ)EBC547807(OCoLC)397071200(MdBmJHUP)muse12058(Au-PeEL)EBL547807(CaPaEBR)ebr10292329(EXLCZ)99100000000076436420080110d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVarieties of Spanish in the United States[electronic resource] /John M. LipskiWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20081 online resource (316 p.)Georgetown Studies in Spanish linguistics seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-213-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-287) and index.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-switchingThirty-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 volumeùusGeorgetown studies in Spanish linguistics.Spanish languageUnited StatesBilingualismUnited StatesSpanish languageBilingualism460.973467.973Lipski John M221493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777966103321Varieties of Spanish in the United States3761848UNINA