Chicano English
E9143
Chicano English is a distinct, rule-governed variety of American English commonly spoken by Mexican Americans, characterized by unique phonological and syntactic features influenced by Spanish and regional dialects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicano English canonical | 2 |
| Mexican American English | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ ethnolect ⓘ variety of American English ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdentity |
Chicano identity
ⓘ
Mexican American identity ⓘ |
| canBeSpokenBy | monolingual English speakers of Mexican American background ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chicano English
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican American English
|
| hasFeatureType |
lexical features
ⓘ
phonological features ⓘ prosodic features ⓘ syntactic features ⓘ |
| hasKeyResearcher |
Carmen Fought
ⓘ
John R. Rickford ⓘ Walt Wolfram ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
borrowing of Spanish-origin words
ⓘ
code-switching with Spanish for some bilingual speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
influence of Spanish vowel system on English vowels
ⓘ
monophthongization of /eɪ/ in some contexts ⓘ possible devoicing or weakening of final consonants in some varieties ⓘ reduced distinction between /ɪ/ and /iː/ for some speakers ⓘ rhotic pronunciation (pronounced /r/ in all positions) for many speakers ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
occasional calques from Spanish structures
ⓘ
variable use of past tense and participle morphology in some speakers ⓘ variable use of prepositions influenced by Spanish patterns ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mexican Spanish
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ regional American English dialects ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Midwestern American English
ⓘ
surface form:
General American English
|
| isNot |
broken English
ⓘ
interlanguage ⓘ learner English ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs | legitimate dialect of English ⓘ |
| isRuleGoverned | true ⓘ |
| isSociallyStigmatized | often ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | English language ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| primarilySpokenBy | Mexican Americans ⓘ |
| spokenByGeneration |
later-generation Mexican Americans
ⓘ
second-generation Mexican Americans ⓘ third-generation Mexican Americans ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| studiedInField |
applied linguistics
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ variationist linguistics ⓘ |
| typicalRegion |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Texas ⓘ other urban centers with large Mexican American populations ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mexican American English