02313nam 2200541 450 991082411340332120240131212717.01-4438-8209-7(CKB)3710000000473567(EBL)4534749(MiAaPQ)EBC4534749(Au-PeEL)EBL4534749(CaPaEBR)ebr11215769(CaONFJC)MIL830978(OCoLC)922704007(FINmELB)ELB148663(EXLCZ)99371000000047356720160620h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe unlinking of language and Puerto Rican identity new trends in sight /by Brenda Domínguez-RosadoNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (116 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-8060-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Language and identity have an undeniable link, but what happens when a second language is imposed on a populace? Can a link be broken or transformed? Are the attitudes towards the imposed language influential? Can these attitudes change over time? The mixed-methods results provided by this book are ground-breaking because they document how historical and traditional attitudes are changing towards both American English (AE) and Puerto Rican Spanish (PRS) on an island where the population has been subjected to both Spanish and US colonization. There are presently almost four million people livinAnthropological linguisticsPuerto RicoPuerto RicansLanguagePuerto RicansUnited StatesLanguagePuerto RicofastUnited StatesfastAnthropological linguisticsPuerto RicansLanguage.Puerto RicansLanguage.306.44089Domínguez-Rosado Brenda1682396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824113403321The unlinking of language and Puerto Rican identity4052472UNINA