Spanish language use and public life in the United States / Spanish language use and public life in the United States

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. Introduction Section 1 : ON DESCRIBING SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES Spanish in the Southwest: Language Maintenance or Shift? Hispanic Attitudes in Northwest Indiana and New York Language Maintenance Among New York Puerto Ricans Pan-Hispanism and Subcommunity in Washington, D.C Children’s Storytelling Strategies In the Match Between Spanish Dialects, Who is the Referee? Section 2: USING SPANISH IN PUBLIC LIFE Spanish Language Planning in the United States Language as a Barrier to Health Care Testing Bilingual Language Proficiency: An Applied Approach The Court Interpreters Certification Test Design Bilingual Education and Language Shift Spanish in United States Broadcasting Epilogue The Contributions to the Sociology of Language series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches – theoretical and empirical – supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines – anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. Edited By Lucía Elías-olivares ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographies.