Intercultural Communication Studies XIV: 2 2005 Hoffer - Language Borrowing Language Borrowing and the Indices of Adaptability and Receptivity Bates L. Hoffer Trinity University Introduction One of the most easily observable results of intercultural contact and communication is the set of loanwords that is imported into the vocabulary of each language involved. The field of cultures and languages in contact (Weinreich 1953) has grown a great deal over the past fifty years. From the early studies
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is that they speak the Spanish language. When speaking Spanish‚ each of these four groups‚ have a different dialect; however‚ the spelling is the same‚ they are pronounced the same‚ the words have different meanings. In this paper‚ the following will be discussed: linguistic‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ religious‚ and familial conventions of the four Hispanic groups that are living in the United States. Mexican Americans The Mexican American group speaks mostly Spanish. Over a quarter of their
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term Hispanic is used for all people from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and from Spain. As I continue this essay‚ I will be identifying the linguistic‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ religious and familial conventions of four different Latino group; Mexican-American‚ Puerto Ricans‚ and people from various parts of Central and South America. Mexican Americans‚ which is the biggest minority‚ share the heritage of the Spanish language. About 23 percent of Mexican Americans are English
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Hispanic American Diversity Cultural Diversity Instructor Stephen Sinclair According to the Mexican Movement Right (2009) Mexican Americans language is made up of a mix of their national language Spanish and English‚ sometimes referred to as Spanglish. Politically Mexican Americans were very active in the Mexican American Civil Rights movement spearheaded by Mendoza‚ V. "…Reies Lopez Tijerina and the land grant movement‚ is picked up by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in Denver who defines
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References: Acufia. Rodolfo (1987)‚ "Put Cinco de Mayo on the Wagon‚" Los Angeles Herald Examiner. May 15. (1988). Occupied America. New York: HarperCollins. Adelson. Andrea (1993)‚ "Spanish-Language Radio Leads Los Angeles Market‚" New York Times. January 25. Anderson‚ Walter Truett (1992)‚ "Commentary‚" Pacific News Service. December 7. Andreason‚ Alan (1990)‚ "Cultural Interpenetration: A Critical Research Issue for the l990 ’s‚" Advances
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estimated the number of Hispanics in Texas to be around 9.1 million people. This data sustains the idea that Pan American University is a very culturally diverse university. It is very degrading for a Hispanic person to be required to learn another language to fit into the community. I find it very ironic that as Pan American University prides itself on its diversity‚ they still do require their students to take these speech classes. Multicultural by the
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know they were not aware of their creation‚ it evolved into a language where they could communicate with each other visually and verbally. As the years passed many indigenous people started to break away and form their own cultures. Soon after the Olmecs came the Zapotecs‚ the Totonacs‚ and the Mayans. They too took the Olmecs language but turned it into theirs by adding and changing it up. Now a days there are roughly 6‚500 languages spoken through the world and we can thank the Olmecs for creating
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Vernacular Languages During The Renaissance Pauline Charles American Intercontinental University Online ABSTRACT Vernacular language is a tool we use to communicate both verbally and in writing. People can express their thoughts‚ feelings and emotions through knowledge‚ ideas and memory. Before there was vernacular language‚ people only knew how to communicate in Latin but now‚ there’s many languages in different countries. If a person could speak in more than one
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Unity or Diversity Two of the poems which I found myself fascinated with are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales and “To live in the Borderlands means you” by Gloria Anzaldúa. These two poems talk about the pride of each of the author’s cultures and races. The authors do not want to make excuses for being the way they are but want to tell about the pride they feel for being the way they are‚ and they found no way to change themselves but show that history has made them the way they are
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“Hey‚ can you help me out with this calculus homework? You explain it so much better‚” my mom asked in one night when I was at home for winter break. At age 45‚ she had enrolled in a state college while working a full-time time‚ inspired by the fact that I was first in her family to even attend a university. The reality is that if it were not for my parents’ sacrifices in this country‚ I wouldn’t be where I am today. Even in the earliest stages‚ my Nicaraguan immigrant parents devoted their efforts
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