Laura Callahan

Spanish and English in U.S. Service Encounters

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Service encounters involve communication between strangers. Communication - or, at times, miscommunication - between strangers who come from different groups can foster the formation of stereotypes. This is therefore an area of particular relevance for investigation. Using service encounters as a vehicle, Callahan examines Spanish as social capital in the United States, focusing on who may use this language and under what circumstances. This book contributes to an examination of Spanish in the United States as a language of selected uses and selected users, along with the factors that can influence United States Latinos acceptance of its use… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-230-61910-4
EAN: 9780230619104
Produktnummer: 19986227
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 5'688 KB

Über den Autor

Laura Callahan is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at The City College of The City University of New York (CUNY).