History of "Spanglish" in the US

[George Thompson]

Spanglish: the making of a new American language, by Ilan Stavans, New York: Rayo, c2003.  274 p.  Received here in late October.  The subject label identifies it as dealing with "Mexican Americans -- Language" & "Hispanic Americans -- Language".

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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne M. Despres" <jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM>
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:06 pm
Subject: Re: History of "Spanglish" in the US

> Ilan Stavans just published a book on the subject, but he's not a
> linguist -- I believe he's a social historian.  I haven't read it
> yet, but
> it sounded fairly accessible and interesting.
>
>
>
> On 10 Dec 2003, at 13:01, Kathryn Remlinger wrote:
>
> > Can anyone suggest sources on the history of "Spanglish" in the
> US? I'm
> > particularly looking for under-grad level texts (articles,
> books, book
> > chapters) for a History of English course.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kate
> >
> > ____________________
> > Kathryn Remlinger, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of English: Linguistics
> > Department of English
> > Grand Valley State University
> > 1 Campus Drive
> > Allendale, MI 49401 USA
> > remlingk at gvsu.edu
> > tel: 616-331-3122
> > fax: 616-331-3430
>
>
> Joanne M. Despres, Senior Editor
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