Research on Spanish in the United States:
Linguistic Issues and Challenges
edited by Ana Roca
xiv + 450 pages
publication date: December 2000
ISBN 978-1-57473-013-5 paperback, $32.95
ISBN 978-1-57473-113-2 library binding, $62.95
Research on Spanish in the United States is intended for use in courses, as well as by scholars and researchers interested in the area. The 29 original articles are organized into sections on interpreting; historical perspectives; borrowings of words and phrases; codeswitching, narratives, and discourse; sociolinguistics and pragmatics; phonology, morphology, and syntax; and language attitudes and planning.
Many of the chapters focus on regional aspects of Spanish in the US, ranging from sociolinguistic issues among Dominicans in New York and Cubans in Miami to the adoption and adaptation of forms from Nahuatl and English in the southwestern US. Other chapters discuss the outlook for the growing population of Spanish speakers in many areas of the United States, particularly in bilingual education and other public policy questions.
The book includes an introduction to the volume by Ana Roca and a history of US Spanish research by John M. Lipski.
Contents
Part 1. U.S. Spanish: An Overview of the Issues
Back to Zero or Ahead to 2001? Issues and Challenges in U.S. Spanish Research John M. Lipski
Part 2. Bilingualism and Interpreting
Bilingualism from Another Perspective: The Case of Young Interpreters from Immigrant Communities Guadalupe Valdés, Christina Chávez, Claudia Angelelli, Kerry Enright, Marisela González, Dania García, and Leisy Wyman
The Spanish Speaker + Interpreter Services = Equal Access to the Judicial System: Is the Equation Accurate? Virginia Benmaman
Sociolinguistic Categorization of Spanish-English False Cognates for Court Interpreting Strategies Erik Camayd-Freixas
Part 3. Historical Perspectives
Perspectiva histórica del paradigma verbal en el español de California Rebeca Acevedo
Factores socio-históricos en la pérdida del español del suroeste de los Estados Unidos y sus implicaciones para la revitalización Ysaura Bernal-Enríquez
The Continuity of Change: Nahuatlisms in New Mexican Spanish Garland D. Bills and Neddy A. Vigil
Part 4. Borrowings
Morphological Adaptation of Anglicisms into the Spanish of the Southwest J. Halvor Clegg
Phrasal Calques in Chicano Spanish: Linguistic or Cultural Innovation? Robert N. Smead
El español cubanoamericano Beatriz Varela
Adapted Borrowings in Spanish: A Morphopragmatic Hypothesis Mónica Cantero
Part 5. Codeswitching, Narratives, and Discourse
Codeswitching and Language Use in the Classroom Florencia Riegelhaupt
Attitudes Towards Oral and Written Codeswitching in Spanish-English Bilingual Youths Cecilia Montes-Alcalá
Once upon a time en un lugar muy lejano . . . Spanish-English Codeswitching across Fairy Tale Narratives Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
The Use of the Past Tense in the Narratives of Bilingual Children: The Acquisition of Aspectual Distinctions Liliana Paredes and Vicky Nova-Dancausse
Discourse Connectedness in Caribbean Speech Bárbara I. Ávila-Shah
Part 6. Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
Nosotros somos dominicanos: Language and Self-Definition among Dominicans Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
Spanish-Speaking Miami in Sociolinguistic Perspective: Bilingualism, Recontact, and Language Maintenance among the Cuban-Origin Population Andrew Lynch
Linguistic Notions of Spanish among Youths from Different Hispanic Groups Arnulfo G. Ramírez
En vías del desarrollo del lenguaje académico en español en hablantes nativos de español en los Estados Unidos M. Cecilia Colombi
"Addressing" Business in Puerto Rico: Tú vs. Usted Diane Ringer Uber
A Hierarchy of Requests in California Spanish: Are Indirectness and Mitigation Polite? Silvia Arellano
Part 7. Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax
The Multiple Vibrant Liquid in U.S. Spanish Robert M. Hammond
Estar in Mexican-American Spanish: Phonological or Morphological Variability? MaryEllen Garcia and Michael Tallon
Aspectos morfosintácticos del español como lengua materna entre universitarios californianos Francisco Zabaleta
Part 8. Language Ideologies: Attitudes, Planning, and Policy Issues
Intraethnic Attitudes among Hispanics in a Northern California Community Susana V. Rivera-Mills
"Proyecto para formar un ciudadano bilingüe": política lingüística y el español en Puerto Rico Luis Ortiz-López
Demographic Changes in Florida and Their Importance for Effective Educational Policies and Practices Thomas D. Boswell
Bilingual Education, the Acquisition of English, and the Retention and Loss of Spanish Stephen Krashen
