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Authors: Carmen Fought
ISBN-13: 9780333986387, ISBN-10: 0333986385
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Carmen Fought

Carmen Fought is at Pitzer College, Claremont, California.

Book Synopsis

Chicano English in Context is the first modern, comprehensive study of Chicano English, a variety spoken by millions of Latinos in the U.S. It is also one of the first studies of ongoing sound change within an ethnic minority community. It briefly describes the phonology, syntax and semantics of this variety, and explores its crucial role in the construction of ethnic identity among young Latinos and Latinas. It also corrects misconceptions I how the general public views Chicano English.

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Fieldwork in the Los Angeles Chicano Community	11
2	The Social Context of the Chicano Community	30
3	Phonology of Chicano English	62
4	Syntax and Semantics of Chicano English	93
5	Sociolinguistics of Chicano English I: Phonetic Variation	111
6	Sociolinguistics of Chicano English II: Syntactic Variation	140
7	Bilingualism and Spanish Fluency	152
8	Language Attitudes	193
9	Conclusions: The Future of Research on Chicano English: Where Do We Go from Here?	226
App. A	Examples from Narratives, in IPA Transcription	235
App. B	Response sheet for the Accent-rating Experiment	237
	Notes	238
	References	242
	Index	249