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Publication Date: 1998
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English Loanwords in Chicano Spanish: Characterization and Rationale.
Smead, Robert N.
Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, v23 n2 p113-23 May-Aug 1998
Discusses one highly visible and often stigmatized feature of Chicano Spanish--lexical innovation due to intimate contact with English and mainstream culture. Discusses socio- and psycholinguistic factors that play a role in loanword formation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Linguistic Borrowing, North American Culture, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Spanish
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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