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Identifier	Thesis 1836
Author	Haftel, Jodie
Title	"¿Dónde está el sticky tape?" : the real deal about Spanglish and why it's not such a bad thing after all
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2006
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Spanglish is a catch-all term for a way of speaking by some Spanish-English bilinguals that has been disparaged, maligned, and vilified by both monolingual Spanish and monolingual English groups alike, with criticism towards it extending from even those bilinguals who engage in it themselves. Speakers of Spanglish are perceived by many as stupid, lazy, or lacking in proficiency of both languages. Spanglish itself is seen by language purists on both the Spanish and English sides as being detrimental to either language and perhaps going so far as to cause it to become irreparably corrupted and eventually obsolete. There is pressure from the school system, language teachers, government, monolingual language groups, and speakers' own families for bilinguals to never mix the two languages for any reason. The real deal behind Spanglish, however, is more complicated than that. The term Spanglish can be defined several ways, from the most academic and exacting definition to one that emphasizes the creativity and culture of a Spanglish speaker. Additionally, the term 'Spanglish' can refer to any number of language contact phenomena, including borrowing and transfer, but is most often used to describe the behavior of language alternation that many bilinguals engage in, another term for which is code-switching. Research has shown that code-switching, especially intrasentential (code-switching within a single sentence), actually indicates a high degree of bilingualism and fluency in both of the languages, rather than a deficiency in either one. There are grammatical constraints on code-switching – in general, combining the languages may not violate the grammar of either one at the switch points in an utterance – so speakers must be able to control and wield two linguistic systems simultaneously. Furthermore, language mixing is a way to celebrate cultural differences and similarities, bring people together and create new subcultures, and change the way they interact with, think about, and perceive one another. In short, Spanglish is actually a good thing and neither deserves nor fits the negative reputation it has acquired. This thesis brings together the research of some of the most prominent and noted linguists in the field of code-switching in addition to the work of some of those who are less well known. It examines the perceptions about the speakers who code-switch, the views surrounding language mixing in the United States, the reasons why speakers code-switch and in what situations code-switching or the use of only one language (either Spanish or English) is deemed most appropriate, and the theories and models linguists have developed to explain the whys and hows behind the phenomenon. Furthermore, the use of Spanglish and code-switching in modern culture is also considered, from the rise of the Technology Age and invention of 'cyber-Spanglish' to the use of Spanglish and its effectiveness in magazine advertisements to its role in the literature and television shows in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It concludes by considering the future of Spanglish and addressing the concerns of language purists and others who worry about the replacement and death of monolingual Spanish or English. Code-switching indicates a high degree of bilingualism rather than a lazy speaker and is a way to be proud of one's bicultural heritage rather than having to 'pick sides.' There are grammatical constraints on it, specific reasons why and when speakers engage in it, and ways in which it is being more and more incorporated into modern US culture. It's not such a bad thing after all.
Subject	English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish English language -- Variation -- United States Spanish language -- Influence on English Hispanic Americans -- Language
Department	Department of Modern Languages
Advisor	Uribe, Lilian
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713733984
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