The unlinking of language and Puerto Rican identity : new trends in sight / by Brenda Domínguez-Rosado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Domínguez-Rosado, Brenda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological linguistics--Puerto Rico.

Anthropological linguistics.

Puerto Ricans--Language.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--United States--Language.

Puerto Rico.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

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 livin

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8209-7

OCLC:

922704007