History of "Spanglish" in the US

[Scott Sadowsky]

On 12/10/2003 01:01 PM, Kathryn Remlinger wrote the following:

>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.

Check out Carmen Silva Corvalán (AKA Carmen Silva-Corvalan), who has
researched and published extensively on this matter.  Her book _Language
Contact and Change: Spanish in Los Angeles_ is a good place to start.

Stavans is not a linguist, as has been pointed out, but he provides useful
historical, sociological and other background information on
Spanglish.  Considering that the party line in the Spanish language
establishment is that Spanglish speakers are a mob of pathetically ignorant
illiterates who have betrayed their mother tongue, this is not trivial.

Cheers,
Scott



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