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Lara Cowell

Mock Spanish: A Site For The Indexical Reproduction Of Racism In American English - 4 views

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    An interesting scholarly sociolinguistic paper! Jane H. Hill, a University of Arizona linguist, examines the use of mock Spanish phrases In the southwestern United States. Hill wondered why English speakers of ``Anglo" ethnic affiliation make considerable use of Spanish in casual speech, in spite of the fact that the great majority of them are utterly monolingual in English under most definitions. However, these monolinguals both produce Spanish and consume it, especially in the form of Mock Spanish humor, and that use of Mock Spanish intensified during precisely the same period when opposition to the use of Spanish native speakers has grown, reaching its peak in the passage of ``Official English'' statutes in several states during the last decade. Hill argues that the use of Mock Spanish is, in fact, racist discourse.
Lara Cowell

Spanish Thrives in the U.S. Despite an English-Only Drive - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Despite anti-immigrant sentiment and movements advocating "English Only," the United States is emerging as a vast laboratory showcasing the remarkable endurance of Spanish, no matter the political climate. Drawing on a critical mass of native speakers, the United States now has by some counts more than 50 million hispanohablantes, a greater number of Spanish speakers than Spain. The ways in which families use languages at the dinner table also show how Spanish is evolving. While first generation immigrants may speak exclusively Spanish, subsequent generations often speak a mix of English and Spanish: Spanglish.
Riley Adachi

Habla Español? Tim Kaine Is Latest Candidate to Use Spanish - 2 views

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    Tim Kaine, Democratic VP nominee, uses Spanish during his speeches to appeal to Hispanic voters.
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    This article is about how Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, uses his bilingualism to bring diversity to the Clinton campaign. It is believed that Hillary partly chose Kaine because of his Spanish speaking skills to connect with a different demographic, the Hispanics. During his convention speech Kaine wiped out his Spanish and inspired the listeners to roar into cheers. He spoke about the many Hispanic values such as family, hard work and faith lock in his audience.
harunafloate22

A New Effort In Argentina Seeks To Make Spanish Nouns Gender Neutral : NPR - 1 views

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    How are gendered languages holding up in society's current push for gender-neutral terms? This NPR podcast explores gender bias in the Spanish language, the role of the Real Academia Española, and efforts led by teenagers in Argentina to de-gender the Spanish language.
zacharyloo20

New app Hablame Bebe helps bilingual parents teach kids Spanish and English - 1 views

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    Natalie Brito, a New York University Professor of Applied Psychology, created an app to help the challenges of Hispanic parents when they want to teach their kids Spanish in an English speaking country like the US. She goes over "language racism" when Hispanic nannies/caregivers are told to speak English instead of their native Spanish language.
lnakao-yamada18

The television trick to learning a new language - CNN - 1 views

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    Although many people are wary of how much people actually learn from television and screentime, many people are able to learn different languages through the use of TV and shows. The Nistel sisters were able to become proficient in Spanish and English from watching TV shows every day after school. They claim that they never paid attention in English class and did not mention about ever taking Spanish lessons.
aching17

Feel more fun in French? Your personality can change depending on the language you speak - 2 views

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    Research now suggest that speaking a foreign language can change your personality. One of the tests they did was having bilingual speakers of Spanish and English write two papers about themselves. The one in Spanish was more of relation with their friends and family, while the one in English was more about their own personal achievements and accomplishments. Professor Ramírez-Esparza explained it more as a way that people see themselves through the norms and "cultural values" of the language they were speaking in. In another test, they found that another bilingual (Spanish and English) person who viewed French people and their culture as "elegant and admirable" felt more "sophisticated and suave," while speaking French.
juliamiles22

¿Usa tacos cuando habla? - 0 views

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    SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT. There is no English translation that I know of for this article. Comprised of eleven interviews of fairly "high-class" individuals (including authors, journalists, doctors, lawyers, professors, religious officials, and more), the focus of this article is profanity, and whether or not said individuals use profanity while speaking. Interestingly enough, eight out of the eleven individuals used profanity fairly regularly. Most of those eight were fairly shameful about their use of profanity, or only used them in particular contexts-including, interestingly enough, during homilies/sermons. Only one person (Pilar de Río) declared that they used profanity freely and enthusiastically, while others, though admitting the merits of such language (particularly its expressive power), did not view them in such a positive light. Two additional members of the eleven interviewees primarily used "muletas" or "muletillas," or, as we know them in English, crutches or filler words. This article is quite interesting if examining profanity in different cultures and languages, as it is a Spanish-language article from El Ciervo, the longest-running magazine in Spain's history. Do note, again, that this source is a SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXT, and that some proficiency in the language will be needed to interpret this text, even with the help of online dictionaries.
alileikis16

Hispanic students often benefit culturally from enrolling in Spanish-language courses i... - 0 views

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    There comes a uniquely emotional moment for American Hispanics who register for a freshman year of college: Is it a good idea to sign up for the formal study of Spanish?
deborahwen17

The Spanish Lesson I Never Got at School - 0 views

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    This article is about what we talked about earlier in the semester - that in order to fully learn an L2, children must first be proficient in their L1. It reinforced the idea that being bilingual isn't something to be looked down upon and something that hinders education, but something that enhance learning.
baileywilson17

Academics in Puerto Rico Debate Future of Spanish Language - 0 views

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    The king and queen of Spain flew to the former colony of Puerto Rico to help launch on Tuesday what is considered the world's most important event involving the Spanish language. The royal couple joined more than 200 writers, academics and experts who traveled to the U.S. territory to...
Lara Cowell

Writer Jack Qu'emi explains what 'Latinx' means to them - 0 views

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    Jack Qu'emi is a writer and self-described "queer, non-binary femme," who among other terms identifies as Afro-Latinx. That's Latinx. Not Latino. Not Latina. The term (pronounced: la-teen-ex) is gaining traction in Spanish-speaking communities. But many are still asking, "What's the meaning of the 'x'?" Qu'emi explains: "The x [in Latinx], is a way of rejecting the gendering of words to begin with, especially since Spanish is such a gendered language." Like the use of they/them/their pronouns in English (in place of the gendered pronouns he/him/his and she/her/hers), "Latinx" is an attempt in Spanish to include non-binary people, those who are neither male nor female.
baileyakimseu18

Spanish language, alphabet and pronunciation - 0 views

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    Information about Spanish, a Romance language spoken in Spain and in most of Central and South America, as well as in the USA, by about 417 million people.
katskorge21

The Truth About Language Barriers: One Residency Program's Experience | American Academ... - 0 views

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    Childrenʻs hospital questionnaire explores the adverse affects of lack of Spanish proficient staff members on the communication and care of Spanish-speaking families with Limited English Proficiency. Debunks perception that suboptimal communication is achieved, even though nonproficient residents rely on their own inadequate language skills, impose on their proficient colleagues, or avoid communication with LEP families.
anonymous

Spain's Eurovision Entry, in a First, Is Sung Entirely in English - 0 views

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    Dozens of countries, representing a wide range of languages, vie for the Eurovision song contest every year, but English has been by far the most dominant tongue, with 26 victories. So this year, Spain, which has not won since 1969, decided: If you can't beat them, join them. Spain's Eurovision entry will be sung entirely in English. This has sparked debate between people who embrace English as the language that will relate to more people and those who want Spain's entry to represent Spanish language and culture.
Ryan Catalani

Why Are Spy Researchers Building a 'Metaphor Program'? - Alexis Madrigal - Technology -... - 5 views

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    "A small research arm of the U.S. government's intelligence establishment wants to understand how speakers of Farsi, Russian, English, and Spanish see the world by building software that automatically evaluates their use of metaphors."
Lara Cowell

A Language Evolves | Bostonia - 1 views

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    Linguist Danny Erker studies how Spanish is spoken, and changing, in the United States.
Lara Cowell

TV Networks Experimenting With Bilingual Shows : NPR - 4 views

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    Bilingual TV shows and networks have just begun popping up in the past few years. For some, it's important to serve the bilingual audience. For others, it seems unnecessary because bilingual people can already enjoy both Spanish and English-language shows.
Ryan Catalani

GOD-LOVING LINGUISTS | More Intelligent Life - 0 views

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    "Christian missionaries have become strangely vital to conserving endangered languages... In 1951 Pittman had started interviewing missionaries and linguists about the languages that were spoken in the parts of the world where they worked. The result was a language catalogue called Ethnologue... For example, the Spanish priests who followed the conquistadors into South America documented indigenous languages as they went."
Ryan Catalani

CORPORA: 45-400 million words each: free online access - 1 views

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    Including corpora of historical and contemporary American English, British English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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