Speaking Spanish in the US. Janet M. Fuller
Speaking Spanish in the US
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Speaking Spanish in the US
The Sociopolitics of Language
2nd Edition
Janet M. Fuller and Jennifer Leeman
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS
Bristol • Blue Ridge Summit
DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/FULLER8281
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
Names: Fuller, Janet M. - author. | Leeman, Jennifer, author.
Title: Speaking Spanish in the US: The Sociopolitics of Language / Janet M. Fuller and Jennifer Leeman.
Description: 2nd edition. | Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2020. |
Series: MM Textbooks: 16 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: “This textbook introduces readers to basic concepts of sociolinguistics with a focus on Spanish in the US. The coverage goes beyond a focus on language to examine how the Spanish language is embedded in history and politics, and both reflects and shapes societal views of the language and its speakers”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019054057 (print) | LCCN 2019054058 (ebook) | ISBN 9781788928274 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781788928281 (hardback) | ISBN 9781788928298 (pdf) | ISBN 9781788928304 (epub) |
ISBN 9781788928311 (kindle edition)
Subjects: LCSH: Spanish language—United States. | Spanish language—Social aspects—United States. | Sociolinguistics—United States.
Classification: LCC PC4826 .F85 2020 (print) | LCC PC4826 (ebook) | DDC 306.442/61073—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054057
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054058
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78892-828-1 (hbk)
ISBN-13: 978-1-78892-827-4 (pbk)
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1An Introduction to Speaking Spanish in the US
An Interdisciplinary Sociopolitical Approach
Linguistic Variation and Language Varieties
Chapter 2The Demographics of Spanish in the US
A Statistical Portrait of Spanish in the US