Varieties of Spanish in the United States / John M. Lipski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipski, John M.

Series:

Georgetown studies in Spanish linguistics.

Georgetown Studies in Spanish linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--United States.

Spanish language.

Bilingualism--United States.

Bilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9781589016514

1589016513

9781441612045

1441612041

OCLC:

648711579