Spanish in the United States: Sociolinguistic IssuesFifteen research linguists discuss the varieties of Spanish spoken in California, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas. They variously address language maintenance, syntactic variation, lexicography, language use and language teaching, and include studies on socioeconomic, political, and cultural aspects of language in the Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. |
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Contents
Domain constraints on the use of tú and usted | 14 |
Aztequismos en el español chicano | 23 |
Sobre el mantenimiento de las cláusulas subordinadas | 31 |
El subjuntivo en tres generaciones de hablantes bilingües | 39 |
Intrasentential codeswitching | 59 |
Spanish language use in West Liberty Iowa | 67 |
Rosa H Yáñez | 79 |
Historias de San Antonio | 86 |
Teaching Spanish to the Hispanic | 126 |
Enseñanza de español y sensibilidad cultural | 137 |
El impacto de la realidad socioeconómica | 152 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Spanish in the United States: Sociolinguistic Issues Romance Colloquia Romance languages and linguistics series |
| Author | John J. Bergen |
| Editor | John J. Bergen |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Press, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0878402322, 9780878402328 |
| Length | 166 pages |
| Subjects | › › Foreign Language Study / Spanish Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General |
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