In "Spanglish" author Janice Castro defines Spanglish as "a common linguistic currency wherever concentrations of Hispanic Americans are found" but unlike other "broken English efforts" Spanglish has been widely embraced by "Spanish speaking immigrants and native born Americans alike" (76-7). Janice Castro in "Spanglish" describes the many forms Spanglish exemplifies. Rather than declare "go to the supermarket" one would say "ir al supermarket" (77). Yet the phenomenon‚ Castro explains‚ is not limited
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la pureza lingüística y el caso del “Spanglish”? ¿Crees que los idiomas están en constante evolución o que deberíamos preservar su forma “original”? Reflexiona sobre las consecuencias de ambas posibilidades. * Real academia español * La américa latina * Octavio paz * Es demasiado difícil preservar la idioma en su estado original * Con la desarrollo de la tecnología tenemos palabras como ‘chatear’ ‘el maus’ etc. * Conclusión – ‘spanglish no va a desaparecer y tenemos que aceptarlo
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«Spanglish» The film is about two families: the Clasky family‚ a reach American family‚ and their mexican housemaid Flor with her daughter. Flor has moved to the US in attempt to make a life better for her daughter Christina‚ she works hard‚ but when her daughter grow older she has to change her job in order to spend more time with her. Though after all the years spent in the US she still does not speak English‚ she finds a job at the Claskys. The differences between two cultures‚ American and
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Spanglish Spanglish‚ the composite language of Spanish and English that has crossed over from the street to Hispanic talk shows and advertising campaigns‚ posesa grave danger to Hispanic culture and to the advancement of Hispanics in mainstream America. Those who condone and even promote it as a harmless commingling do not realize that this is hardly a relationship based on equality. Spanglish is an invasion of Spanish by English. The sad reality is that Spanglish is primarily the language of poor
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Joseph Gause Sociology Mrs. Sheppard 12/14/12 Spanglish Throughout the movie there were many cultural differences and different ways that were shown how people lived. Flore went through hardship when she became the maid and everything for John Clasky‚ and his insecure wife Deborah. Flore had to learn English and overcome the difficulties with Spanish and English. While living in the United States Flore learned the basic language that people usually spoke. Flore was helped by Christina her
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Spanglish Carlos Sanchez Interpersonal Communication COM 200 Instructor Joshua Misner June 2‚ 2013 The movie is based on the struggles of relationships‚ with one party paying too much attention and the other getting to much attention from the other. Both parties are struggling with themselves to do the right thing. One of the characters has an all out affair while the other two find themselves fighting
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In “Spanglish Spoken Here”‚ the author‚ Janice Castro‚ shows readers how Spanglish is using widely across the United State. She gives many examples showing that Spanglish is used by all ages of people across the state like Manhattan‚ Miami and Los Angeles. The author states‚ “Spanglish is common linguistic currency” (Castro‚ ¶2). Spanglish is commonly used by Spanish-speaking people and native-born Americans in their everyday life. Children who bring Spanglish to their home do not only learn it from
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Spanglish is a well-known term that describes the linguistic behaviors on Spanish speakers‚ who’s Spanish is uniquely influenced from the English language. Spanglish can also be defined as a “mixed-code vernacular that includes a range of linguistic phenomena‚ most notably code-switching”. Despite the fact that Puerto Rican linguist‚ Salvador Tio‚ coined the term ‘Spanglish’ in the late 1940’s‚ this language contact phenomena has actually been used over the past 150 years‚ since the Treaty of Guadalupe
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Jenna Shaw Spanglish Paper In the movie Spanglish a single Mexican mother‚ Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) moves to Los Angeles and becomes a housekeeper for a rich American family in hopes of being able to better provide for her daughter‚ Christina (Shelbie Bruce). The American family includes John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah Clasky (Tea Leoni)‚ their kids Bernice (Sarah Steele) and Georgie (Ian Hayland)‚ and the alcoholic grandmother‚ Evelyn Wright (Cloris Leachman). Flor and her daughter move in to the
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