Spanish in the United States

Discusses the varieties of Spanish spoken in California, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas. This title addresses language maintenance, syntactic variation, language use and language teaching, and includes studies on socioeconomic, political, and cultural aspects of language in the Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Fifteen research linguists discuss the varieties of Spanish spoken in California, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas. They variously address language maintenance, syntactic variation, lexicography, language use and language teaching, and include studies on socioeconomic, political, and cultural aspects of language in the Spanish-speaking communities in the United States.