History of "Spanglish" in the US

[Beverly Flanigan]

I've heard Stavans interviewed on NPR, and he has a very sound take on
Spanglish, even if he isn't a linguist.  But there are linguists who've
written on it too, including Ana Celia Zentella.  Check MLA and LLBA
bibliographic search engines.


At 03:26 PM 12/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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".
>
>GAT
>
>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
> > Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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> >