Language Use and Language Attitudes: A Study of Border Women.
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| Title: | Language Use and Language Attitudes: A Study of Border Women. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Galindo, D. Letticia |
| Source: | Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue. Jan-Apr 1996 21(1):5-17. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | Anglo Americans, Code Switching (Language), Culture Contact, English (Second Language), Females, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Regional Dialects, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Spanish Speaking |
| Geographic Terms: | Mexico, Texas (Laredo) |
| ISSN: | 0094-5366 |
| Abstract: | Illustrates how women from the frontier of Laredo, Texas, use, describe, and view the hybrid of Spanish and English spoken at the borderlands as a result of culture and language contact among Mexicans of various backgrounds and Anglos. Categorizes the attitudes toward language choice into intraethnic and interethnic classifications. (32 references) (CK) |
| Entry Date: | 1997 |
| Accession Number: | EJ539315 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Illustrates how women from the frontier of Laredo, Texas, use, describe, and view the hybrid of Spanish and English spoken at the borderlands as a result of culture and language contact among Mexicans of various backgrounds and Anglos. Categorizes the attitudes toward language choice into intraethnic and interethnic classifications. (32 references) (CK) |
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| ISSN: | 0094-5366 |
