Professional Documents
Culture Documents
LDUS Spanish No Cover
LDUS Spanish No Cover
net/publication/297154842
CITATIONS READS
12 935
2 authors, including:
Kim Potowski
University of Illinois at Chicago
69 PUBLICATIONS 1,768 CITATIONS
SEE PROFILE
Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:
All content following this page was uploaded by Kim Potowski on 09 November 2016.
1PUPXTLJ
THEYĄREACHĄTHEĄ53!Ą7HOĄSPEAKSĄTHEMĄTOĄWHOMĄANDĄFORĄWHATĄPURPOSESĄ7HATĄ
CHANGESĄDOĄTHESEĄLANGUAGESĄUNDERGOĄASĄTHEYĄCOMEĄINTOĄCONTACTĄWITHĄ%NGLISHĄ
4HISĄBOOKĄINVESTIGATESĄTHEĄLINGUISTICĄDIVERSITYĄOFĄTHEĄ53!ĄBYĄPROFILINGĄTHEĄTWELVEĄ
MOST
COMMONLYĄUSEDĄLANGUAGESĄOTHERĄTHANĄ%NGLISHĄ%ACHĄCHAPTERĄPAINTSĄAĄĄ
PORTRAITĄOFĄTHEĄHISTORYĄCURRENTĄDEMOGRAPHICSĄCOMMUNITYĄCHARACTERISTICSĄ
ECONOMICĄSTATUSĄANDĄLANGUAGEĄMAINTENANCEĄOFĄEACHĄLANGUAGEĄGROUPĄANDĄLOOKSĄ
+@MFT@FD#HUDQRHSXHMSGD42
AHEADĄTOĄTHEĄFUTUREĄOFĄEACHĄLANGUAGEĄ4HEĄBOOKĄCHALLENGESĄMYTHSĄABOUTĄTHEĄĄ
|O^CIAL}ĄLANGUAGEĄOFĄTHEĄ53!ĄEXPLORESĄTHEĄDEGREEĄTOĄWHICHĄTODAYSĄIMMIGRANTSĄ
AREĄLEARNINGĄ%NGLISHĄANDĄASSIMILATINGĄINTOĄTHEĄMAINSTREAMĄANDĄDISCUSSESĄTHEĄ
RELATIONSHIPĄBETWEENĄLINGUISTICĄDIVERSITYĄANDĄNATIONALĄUNITYĄ7RITTENĄINĄAĄCOHER
ENTĄANDĄSTRUCTUREDĄSTYLEĄ+@MFT@FD#HUDQRHSXHMSGD42 ĄISĄESSENTIALĄREADINGĄFORĄ
ADVANCEDĄSTUDENTSĄANDĄRESEARCHERSĄINĄSOCIOLINGUISTICSĄBILINGUALISMĄANDĄĄ
EDUCATION
*HL/NSNVRJHĄISĄ!SSOCIATEĄ0ROFESSORĄOFĄ(ISPANICĄ,INGUISTICSĄATĄTHEĄ5NIVERSITYĄOFĄ
)LLINOISĄATĄ#HICAGOĄ(ERĄPREVIOUSĄPUBLICATIONSĄINCLUDEĄ+@MFT@FD@MC(CDMSHSXHM@
#T@K(LLDQRHNM2BGNNKĄ
|7EĄCOMEĄAWAYĄWITHĄAĄNEWĄADMIRATIONĄFORĄTHEĄCOUNTRYĄTHATĄHASĄLEARNEDĄTOĄĄ
TREASUREĄITSĄDIVERSITYĄFORĄTHEĄLANGUAGESĄTHEMSELVESĄANDĄFORĄTHEĄAUTHORSĄTHATĄĄ
HAVEĄSOĄABLYĄBROUGHTĄTHEMĄTOGETHERĄWITHĄRICHĄANDĄEXTENSIVEĄLITERATURE}Ą
*OSHUAĄ&ISHMANĄ#HRSHMFTHRGDC/QNEDRRNQ$LDQHSTR8DRGHU@4MHUDQRHSXĄ
|#ONGRATULATIONSĄTOĄ+IMĄ0OTOWSKIĄANDĄHERĄCONTRIBUTORSĄ4HISĄISĄAĄFASCINATINGĄ
+@MFT@FD
VOLUMEĄFULLĄOFĄSURPRISESĄEVENĄFORĄLONGTIMEĄSCHOLARSĄINĄTHEĄFIELDĄ.OĄDOUBTĄITĄWILLĄ
BEĄSEENĄASĄTHEĄDEFINITIVEĄWORKĄINĄTHISĄAREAĄFORĄMANYĄYEARSĄTOĄCOME}
*AMESĄ#RAWFORDĄ/QDRHCDMS(MRSHSTSDENQ+@MFT@FD@MC$CTB@SHNM/NKHBX6@RGHMFSNM#"
#HUDQRHSX INĄTHEĄ
42
#OVERĄILLUSTRATIONĄhĄ3TOCKĄ#ONNECTIONĄ"LUEĄĄ!LAMY
#OVERĄDESIGNĄ3UEĄ7ATSON
*HL/NSNVRJH
$CHSDCAX
© 2010, Cambridge University Press
Edited by Kim Potowski