Keywords

Chicano Spanish, lixical innovations, English, loanword

Abstract

One highly visible, often stigmatized feature of Chicano Spanish is lexical innovation due to intimate contact with English and the mainstream culture. As noted in table 1, these Anglicisms are the result of varying degrees of host language adaptation and integration and include at least three distinct types of innovations: the lexical switch, the loanword, and the calque.

Original Publication Citation

English Loanwords in Chicano Spanish: Characterization and Rationale. Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, Vol. 23 No. 2 (May-August, 1998).

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1998-05-01

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2450

Publisher

Bilingual Review Press, Arizona State University

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Spanish and Portuguese

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