Hispanic American Diversity ETH/125 Cultural Diversity For the assignment due this week I have had to do some research on Hispanic groups and learn more about their culture and more. In the following the political, social, economic, religious, and familial conventions or statuses will be discussed shortly about the Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and ………… Mexican Americans are one of the fastest growing groups in the United States and for this reason they
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THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE CODESWITCHING IN INCREASING ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS AMONG MEXICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH by MELISSA MAIER BISHOP Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON December 2006 Copyright © by Melissa Maier Bishop 2006 All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A wise professor told me before starting my PhD
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I was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas and went to bilingual schools. I only spoke Spanish at home since my grandmother made it a house rule and English at school. My grandmother was from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and all our family members spoke Spanish. When we would go to Matamoros, Tamaulipas a city in Mexico my grandmother made sure we only spoke Spanish because speaking English was disrespectful. So growing up, my siblings and I had to learn fluent Spanish. When I started preschool at
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and all the other languages I speak , I cannot accept the legitimacy of myself. Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish, and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me , my tongue will be illegitimate.” (Anzaldua 36) In this quote Anzaldua repeatedly repeats the word “until” to create emphasis on how important it is
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fellow classmates and another one us the way we speak to our best friends/closest friends/boyfriend/girlfriends etc. When I’m speaking to my closest friends I tend to be more funny and use slang words. If my friends speak also Spanish I tend to speak Spanglish. When I speak to my teacher and now my professor I tend to be more polite, When I talk to the classroom I was more serious and
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Bibliography Formats MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA MLA APA Book: Single Author Morales, Ed. Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America. Los Angeles: LA Weekly Books, 2002. Morales, E. (2002). Living in spanglish: The search for latino identity in America. Los Angeles: LA Weekly Books. Book: Two or More Authors Schofield, Janet Ward, and Ann Locke Davidson. Bringing the Internet to School: Lessons from
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English dialect spoken by Mexican Americans in California (Penfield). It is a contact dialect and is usually acquired by second or third generation Latinos during their language acquisition stage. Chicano English (CE) is not “learner English” or Spanglish, and it is the native language of most speakers. Chicano English has a distinct sound, people who are not familiar with it can mistake it for being an accent or thinking that Spanish is their first language. However, Chicano English speakers are
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are growing up in an environment where they hear both languages. The language used in conversations varies depending on who is involved in the conversation. Among close family and friends, Spanish and English are often mixed into a combination of Spanglish. The same can be said about the two different cultures. Growing up in a Hispanic home means that they will be raid in the Hispanic culture which can include traditions, food and music, but they will also be aware of the American culture of their
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Hispanic Communities in the United States One of the largest ethnic groups in America is the Hispanic America community with a population of 45,476,938 people out of total United States population of 301,461,533 (American Fact Finder, 2010). Three of the biggest groups that make up the Hispanic or Latino community in the United States are: Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans & Puerto Rican-Americans. These three communities share a common language heritage but have major differences in
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Language Shapes Our Minds Language is so essential to our existence, so deeply part of what every human has and does, and it’s impossible to picture life without it. As social creatures, we use language as a tool, but this tool is embedded in us. This tool doesn't just help us shape the world around us and create bonds and express things, but this tool also shapes our mind. They can alter the way we see the world and the way we think and the way we live our lives. I’ve always been a firm believer
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