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Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780060087760
ISBN: 0060087765
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: August 01, 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: August 03, 2004
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Editorial Review:With the release of the census figures in 2000, Latino America wasanointed the future driving force of American culture. The emergence of Spanglish as a form of communication is one of the more influential markers of an America gone Latino. Spanish, present on this continent since the fifteenth century, when Iberian explorers sought to colonize territories in what are now Florida, New Mexico, Texas, and California, has become ubiquitous in the last few decades. The nation's unofficial second language, it is highly visible on several 24-hour TV networks and on more than 200 radio stations across the country.
But Spanish north of the Rio Grande has not spread in its pure Iberian form. On the contrary, a signature of the brewing "Latin Fever" that has swept the United States since the mid-1980s is the astonishing creative linguistic amalgam of tongues used by people of Hispanic descent, not only in major cities but in rural areas as well -- neither Spanish nor English, but a hybrid, known only as Spanglish.
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Rating:  - I got kinda snookered by the description of this book...
You see, I read a description of the book that described it as a serious look at the phenomenon of "Spanglish." It does have that (and it is quite good) - but 2/3 of the book is a Spanglish to English dictionary. While interesting, it was not what I had planned on reading when I had requested it from my local library. I just wanted you perspective buyers to know ahead of time.
Also, if you don't have a decent command of Spanish, this book will be pretty hard for you to read. If you have ... Read More
Rating:  - Not a serious linguistic effort
Half the book reads like some kind of ranting reciprocal bigotry. The author jumps all over the linguisists at the RAE while revealing a lack of linguistic awareness on his own part. He actually puts forth the assertion that Basques and Catalunyians prefer to speek Euskera and Catalan over Spanish because they felt alienated by Felipe Gonzalez, the late President of Spain. ---Duuhhh! Why do you think they prefer what they do? Get a clue! Also, not relevant to so called "spanglish" anyway - just a politically ... Read More
Rating: - New book for reference
If you live in the U.S.A., this will become one of your reference books, no matter if you are hispanic or not.
Rating: - Al spanglish hay que tomarlo en serio
El fenómeno del habla de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos en los Estados Unidos es un caso digno de estudio y consideración. El spanglish puede causar horror a un hablante de Colombia o de España, pero no por eso deja de ser una realidad digna de tomarse en cuenta. El autor es tal vez quien más conoce de este fenómeno lingüístico y quien tiene más autoridad para introducirnos en él. Este libro es realmente interesante.
Rating:  - Provocative Insights into Language's Evolution
Often provocative but always fascinating, Ilan Stavans offers his take on the encounter between English and Spanish in "Spanglish." Stavans, who in addition to speaking English and Hebrew (he is a Jew who was born in Mexico), he also speaks Spanish and Yiddish. In his intriguing introduction to this short dictionary of Spanglish words and phrases, he tracks not only the history of Spanish and English dictionaries, but also the political riff between Spain and English speaking countries such as Britain and the ... Read More
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