Unlinking of language and Puerto Rican identity : new trends in sight /

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Language and identity have an undeniable link, but what happens when a second language is imposed on a populace? Can a link be broken or transformed? Are the attitudes towards the imposed language influential? Can these attitudes change over time? The mixed-methods results provided by this book are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Domínguez-Rosado, Brenda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Temas:
Anthropological linguistics > Puerto Rico.
Puerto Ricans > Language.
Puerto Ricans > United States > Language.
Puerto Ricans > Ethnic identity.
Spanish language > Puerto Rico.
English language > Puerto Rico.
Ethnolinguistique > Porto Rico.
Portoricains > Identité ethnique.
Espagnol (Langue) > Porto Rico.
Anglais (Langue) > Porto Rico.
Portoricains > Langage.
Sociolinguistics.
Bilingualism & multilingualism.
Hispanic & Latino studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Anthropological linguistics
English language
Puerto Ricans > Ethnic identity
Puerto Ricans > Language
Spanish language
Puerto Rico
United States
Puerto Rico.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Language and identity have an undeniable link, but what happens when a second language is imposed on a populace? Can a link be broken or transformed? Are the attitudes towards the imposed language influential? Can these attitudes change over time? The mixed-methods results provided by this book are ground-breaking because they document how historical and traditional attitudes are changing towards both American English (AE) and Puerto Rican Spanish (PRS) on an island where the population has been subjected to both Spanish and US colonization. There are presently almost four million people living in Puerto Rico, while the Puerto Rican diaspora has surpassed it with more than this living in the United States alone. Because of this, many members of the diaspora no longer speak PRS, yet consider themselves to be Puerto Rican. Traditional stances against people who do not live on the island or speak the predominant language (PRS) yet wish to identify themselves as Puerto Rican have historically led to prejudice and strained relationships between people of Puerto Rican ancestry. The sample study provided here shows that there is not only a change in attitude towards the traditional link between PRS and Puerto Rican identity (leading to the inclusion of diasporic Puerto Ricans), but also a wider acceptance of the English language itself on this Caribbean island.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 100 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98) and index.
ISBN:1443882097
9781443882095

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