SPANGLISH An Example of Bilingualism Hablo un mix

SPANGLISH An Example of Bilingualism Hablo un mix de los dos languagés

Spanglish A short Spanglish conversation: Anita: "Hola, good morning, como estás? " Mark: "Good, y tú? " Anita: "Todo bien. Pero tuve problemas parqueando mi carro this • • • morning. " Mark: • time". "Sí, I know. Siempre hay problemas parqueando in la area at this

Spanglish…

A new way of writing…? Tu wat extent can a Spanìsh orthografy bi uzd tu reprizent English? Even with fonim merjerz, Spanglìsh mey provaid a superior renduring ov Englìsh spiech saundz. Spanglish hæz the capability ov referencing most ov the fonimz ov English spich* 5 Latin Vowels - 12 English Vowels Spanish in the US?

Or a new language? Pidgin? Hybrid? What?

What’s going on… • Code-switching - moving from one language to another in normal conversation (it is very important to honor you abuelitas (grandparents)" • Borrowing - the adaptation of an English word into a Spanish form ("Quiero parquear el coche") • Direct translation - translation of an expression directly into Spanish using English syntax ("Te llamo para atrás" for "I’ll call you back") • Phonetic translation - the children’s cold remedy 'Vick’s Vapor. Rub' affectionately becomes "bibaporú" Complete Translation. com

Where…. • Varieties – – – Tex-mex (or Chicano): Mexican-based in Texas Cubonics: Cuban-based in Florida Newyorican: Puerto Ricobased in New York

A sampling of Spanglish A Selection of Spanglishaeróbica (ay-RO-bi-ka) -- dynamic female. averaje (a-ve-RAH-je) -- average. boila (BOY-lah) -- heating appliance, boiler. carpeta (kar-PE-tah) -- carpet. chopin (TCHO-peen) -- 1. Shopping center mall. 2. n. , going shopping. deiof (dey-OF) -- day off. frizer (FREE-zer) -- refrigerator. grocear (gro-SEAR) -- to acquire groceries. jonrón (khon-RON) -- home run. lonche (LONCHE) -- 1. midday meal. 2. food served to guests at event. marqueta (mar-ke-tah) -- supermarket. pari (PA-ree) -- a party. ruki (ROOH-kee) -- novice. From Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language (Rayo, an imprint of Harper. Collins) Don Quixote Excerpt

Spanishization – Phonological adaptation • Final C dropping – • C softening – – • Speak espeak (Complete) labialization of [v] – • Steam [stim] [estin] Initial schwa insertion in [s]C – • [phen] [pen] [kuba] [kub. Ha] Final nasal substitution ([m] [n]) – • Fast food fas foo [fas fu] Venezuela [benezuela] Defricativization of [š] – Shopping chopping WHY? ? ?

Spanishization – Morphological adaptation • Spanish Verbalizer in English verbs – – • Spanish nominalizers in English verbs – – – • Hang out hangear (-ar & -ear are Spanish verbalizers) Lunch lonchar Leak likeo (or liqueo) –eo/-ero: Spanish nominalizers Park parkeo Holdup(pers) joldoperos Spanish inflection for English words – Latin(girl or boy) Latina/Latino (-a/-o mark gender) • (It could also be considered a pure borrowing)

Englishization – Is also possible ‘embarkated ’ (a Spanish word ‘embarcar’ embarcar or ‘let someone down’, is inflected with English morphology) •

Reasons for this type of bilingualism • • • Cultural identity Naturalness Language gaps – – English very concise and efficient Spanish has sabrosura, flavor (Clark, p. 486) • • Informality (humor & creativity) Social status

Assimilation or Acculturation? Silvana Paternostro: Paternostro Let’s take that argument a little bit further. If they don’t learn [English], they also will not follow the rules of what being an American means? Ilan Stavans*: Right. English is the great equalizer. Through language comes education, through language comes political participation, language becomes the way of being and of dreaming, and all that, and then the “I love you, America. ” And that is not happening. *author of Spanglish: The Making of A New American Language Newsweek, Sept 19, 2003

Accommodating Acculturation – cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact Not Assimilation – to absorb into the culture or mores of a population or group News. Hour interview