Spanglish

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Spanglish is a hybrid form of communication that blends Spanish and English, commonly spoken in bilingual communities, especially among Latino populations in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf code-switching practice
contact language
language variety
mixed language
sociolect
basedOnLanguage English NERFINISHED
Spanish NERFINISHED
hasCulturalDebate identity and assimilation issues
language purity concerns
hasFeature calques and loan translations
code-switching between sentences
code-switching within a sentence
lexical borrowing from English into Spanish
lexical borrowing from Spanish into English
phonological influence between Spanish and English
syntactic mixing of Spanish and English structures
hasNameInEnglish Spanglish NERFINISHED
hasNotableResearcher Ana Celia Zentella NERFINISHED
Ilan Stavans NERFINISHED
Ofelia García NERFINISHED
perceivedAs informal speech style
marker of bicultural identity
portmanteauOf English NERFINISHED
Spanish
spokenBy Latino communities in the United States
bilingual Spanish–English speakers
spokenIn Los Angeles NERFINISHED
Mexico–United States border region NERFINISHED
Miami NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
Puerto Rico NERFINISHED
Texas NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
studiedInField anthropological linguistics
contact linguistics
sociolinguistics
typicalOf Chicanos NERFINISHED
Cuban Americans NERFINISHED
Dominican Americans NERFINISHED
Hispanic Americans NERFINISHED
Mexican Americans NERFINISHED
Puerto Ricans in the United States NERFINISHED
usedAs branding and marketing tool targeting bilingual audiences
literary device in Latino literature
usedInDomain everyday conversation
film
popular music
social media
television
usesCodeSwitchingBetween English NERFINISHED
Spanish

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El Movimiento hasLanguage Spanglish
Chicano theater languageUsed Spanglish