Bilingualism And Identity: Spanish At The Crossroads With Ot

Description:
Sociolinguists have been pursuing connections between language and identity for several decades. But how are language and identity related in bilingualism and multilingualism? Mobilizing the most current methodology, this collection presents new research on language identity and bilingualism in three regions where Spanish coexists with other languages. The cases are Spanish-English contact in the United States, Spanish-indigenous language contact in Latin America, and Spanish-regional language contact in Spain. This is the first comparativist book to examine language and identity construction among bi- or multilingual speakers while keeping one of the languages constant. The sociolinguistic standing of Spanish varies among the three regions depending whether or not it is a language of prestige. Comparisons therefore afford a strong constructivist perspective on how linguistic ideologies affect bi/multilingual identity formation.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Part I. Theoretical background; Preface (by Zentella, Ana Celia); 1. Spanish-contact bilingualism and identity (by Nino-Murcia, Mercedes); Part II. Spanish in contact with autonomous languages in Spain; 2. Bilingualism, identity and citizenship in the Basque Country (by Azurmendi, Maria-Jose); 3. Conflicting values at a conflicting age: Linguistic ideologies in Galician adolescents (by Loureiro-Rodriguez, Veronica); 4. Language and identity in Catalonia (by Boix-Fuster, Emile); Part III. Spanish in contact with Creole and Amerindian languages in Latin America; 5. Literacy and the expression of social identity in a dominant language: A description of 'mi familia' by Quechua-Spanish bilingual children (by Sanchez, Liliana); 6. Maya ethnolinguistic identity: Violence, and cultural rights in bilingual Kaqchikel communities (by French, Brigittine M.); 7. 'Enra kopiai...Non kopiai': Gender, ethnicity, and language use in a Shipibo community in Lima (by Zavala, Virginia); 8. Kreyol incursions into Dominican Spanish: The perception of Haitianized speech among Dominicans (by Bullock, Barbara E.); Part IV. Spanish in contact with English in the United States; 9. 'I was raised talking like my mom': The influence of mothers in the development of MexiRicans' phonological and lexical features (by Potowski, Kim); 10. Choosing Spanish: Dual language immersion and familial ideologies (by Shenk, Elaine); 11. Whose Spanish? The tension between linguistic correctness and cultural identity (by Urciuoli, Bonnie); 12. Constructing linguistic identity in Southern California (by Bustamante-Lopez, Isabel); 13. Multilingualism and identity: All in the Family (by Rothman, Jason); Part V. Conclusion; Afterword: Indicators of bilingualism and identity. Samples from the Spanish-speaking world (by Hidalgo, Margarita); Author index; Subject index