Postcolonial Englishes in America: The Chicano English Dialect
Postcolonial Englishes in America: The Chicano English Dialect
Author(s): Costin-Valentin OanceaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: Chicano English; variety; Spanglish; code mixing; bilingualism
Summary/Abstract: This paper looks at Chicano English, a variety of American English spoken in the Southwestern part of the United States. Some phonological and morpho-syntactic properties of this variety are described. Also discussed is the phenomenon known as Spanglish, a blend of English and Spanish. It will be shown that Chicano English is a dialect and it exists independent of bilingualism whilst Spanglish is code-mixing.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXII/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 39-48
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
