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Language: en
Pages: 237
Pages: 237
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-05 - Publisher: University Press of Florida
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Language: en
Pages: 262
Pages: 262
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-06 - Publisher: University Press of Florida
In 1991, the Puerto Rican government abolished bilingualism, claiming that “Spanish only” was necessary to protect the culture from North American influence
Language: en
Pages: 190
Pages: 190
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-21 - Publisher: Routledge
Demographers predict that by the end of the century Spanish-speaking persons will constitute the largest minority group in the United States--in this context, b
Language: en
Pages: 120
Pages: 120
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-04 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language and identity have an undeniable link, but what happens when a second language is imposed on a populace? Can a link be broken or transformed? Are the at
Language: en
Pages: 177
Pages: 177
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
How have colonial and partisan politics in Puerto Rico affected the language used in public schools? What can we learn from the conflict over the place of Engli