Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives

• Author(s): Rosaura Sànchez,
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 1611920922
  ISBN_13: 9781611920925
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Minority Studies ,

Description:... This is the first book to formulate a theoretical framework to explain the relation between verbal interaction and societal factors. Topics include: the Chicano Population as a lingual and national minority residing in the Southwest; speakers who continue to use Spanish as their informal language; Chicano Spanish in terms of varieties, fields of discourse and participants; and code-switching.