Martínez, Glenn A.

Mexican Americans and Language : Del Dicho Al Hecho

List of Illustrations vii Introduction ix Language Ideologies 3(17) Bilingualism and Language Experience 3(5) Features of Language Ideologies 8(9) Concluding Thoughts 17(3) Discussion Exercises 18(1) Suggested Readings 18(1) Notes 19(1) Language Attitudes 20(20) Attitudes and Ideologies 20(5) Attitudes about Language and Identity 25(5) Attitudes about Language Variation 30(5) Attitudes about Language Maintenance 35(2) Concluding Thoughts 37(3) Discussion Exercises 38(1) Suggested Readings 39(1) Language Maintenance and Shift 40(21) Language Shift 40(4) Motivations for Language Shift 44(6) Language Shift in the Mexican American Community 50(3) Language Shift and Immigration: Illusion or Infusion? 53(6) Concluding Thoughts 59(2) Discussion Exercises 59(1) Suggested Readings 60(1) Mexican American Spanish 61(18) Language Variation 61(3) Proficiency Discontinuities 64(3) Stylistic Discontinuities 67(4) Social Discontinuities 71(5) Concluding Thoughts 76(3) Discussion Exercises 77(1) Suggested Readings 78(1) Mexican American English 79(15) Vernacularization in Mexican American English 81(3) Minority Dialect Convergence in Mexican American English 84(2) Regional Dialect Convergence in Mexican American English 86(2) Acts of Identity in Mexican American English 88(3) Concluding Thoughts 91(3) Discussion Exercises 92(1) Suggested Readings 93(1) Mexican American Code Switching 94(15) The Forms of Code Switching 95(5) The Functions of Code Switching 100(7) Concluding Thoughts 107(2) Discussion Exercises 108(1) Suggested Readings 108(1) Conclusion 109(2) Glossary 111(4) Bibliography 115(8) Index 123