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"What are the most widely spoken non-English languages in the USA? How did they reach the USA? Who speaks them, to whom, and for what purposes? What changes do these languages undergo as they come into contact with English? This book investigates the linguistic diversity of the USA by profiling the twelve most commonly used languages other than English. Each chapter paints a portrait of the history, current demographics, community characteristics, economic status, and language maintenance of each language group, and looks ahead to the future of each language. The book challenges myths about the 'official' language of the USA, explores the degree to which today's immigrants are learning English and assimilating into the mainstream, and discusses the relationship between linguistic diversity and national unity. Written in a coherent and structured style, Language Diversity in the USA is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and education"--

La lengua como significador social -- Sustantivos, pronombres, preposiciones -- Verbos -- El español en contacto con otras lenguas

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction (Kim Potowski & Talia Bugel) -- Family transmission and social networks: Insights on a Basque Spanish case (María del Puy Ciriza) -- Exploring the functions of 'ASÍ' in Peruvian Spanish (Susana de los Heros & Margarita Jara) -- Pragmatic functions and cultural communicative needs in the use of innovative quotatives among Mexican bilingual youth (Claudia Holguín Mendoza) -- Convergence in feature mapping: Evidentiality, aspect and nominalizations in Quechua-Spanish bilinguals (Liliana Sánchez) -- Intervocalic fricative voicing in the Spanish of Barcelona: Considerations for contact-induced sociophonetic innovation (Justin Davidson) -- Son importantes los dos: Language use and attitudes among wives of Mexican profesionistas on the U.S.-Mexico border (Patricia Macgregor-Mendoza) -- Intergenerational perceptions of Spanish use and viability in first-generation midwestern Latino households (Isabel Velázquez) -- Sociolinguistic variation and pluricentricity: Postface to Case Studies in Honor of Anna María Escobar (Zsuzsanna Fagyal) -- Contributors

The present volume represents a variety of portraits of what happens when families attempt to raise children in Spanish while living in English-speaking societies. Aided by the foregrounding chapter by Suzanne Romaine about language and identity and the afterword by Carol Klee that ties together many issues brought up throughout the collection, the reader gains a more complete understanding of the variables that contribute to Spanish bilingualism in English-speaking societies, and by extension a more complete understanding of the dynamic nature of bilingualism in general. This volume, the firs.

This paper reports on the development and piloting of an adaptive, online placement exam that will be administered to L2 and heritage learners of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Particular attention is given to the structure of the exam and the linguistic strategies employed to distinguish heritage speakers from L2 learners. Results obtained from three pilot phases are presented along with a description of modifications made during each stage. Further challenges and steps are outlined.