What is Spanglish?

Pardon My Spanglish

Site: Pardon My Spanglish

Selected Book: “Pardon My Spanglish - ¡Porque Because!” by Bill Santiago

Address: http://www.pardonmyspanglish.com

Category: Humor; Instructive

Summary: Bill Santiago’s book on Spanglish which works as a guide for those who want to know, understand and speak such a popular and interesting mixture of the English and Spanish languages.

Latin Lingo

Site: The Boston Globe

Selected Article: “Latin Lingo” by Ilan Stavans

Address: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/09/14/latin_lingo/

Category: News report

Summary: The newspaper The Boston Globe discusses whether Spanglish is a lingo or not and how it can be faced as a problem for purists of the language.

Spanglish: English's Assault on Spanish

Site: About.com

Selected Article: “Spanglish: English’s Assault on Spanish” by Gerald Erichsen

Addresses:

Part 1 - http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanglish.htm

Part 2 - http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanglish_2.htm

Category: Instructive

Summary: Gerald Erichsen talks about how Spanish has made an "assault" on English and because of that, he appoints some language borrowings from the English language, such as "reportear" instead of "informar". He also discusses how this interaction between these speakers has become part of the American culture now.

Spanglish Exchange

Site: Spanglish Exchange

Address: http://www.spanglishexchange.com/

Category: Curiosity

Summary: Interesting website in Buenos Aires which promotes encounters in bars or restaurantes for those who want to practice their Spanish/English skills with native speakers. It is only necessary to pay the equivalent of 5 dollars and sit at a table with strangers and talk! The person speaks five minutes in English, five minutes in Spanish and then switches to the next table to talk to another one.

Interview with Ilan Stavans

Site: NPR

Selected Audio: Interview with Ilan Stavans - Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts

Address: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=1438900&m=1440675

Category: Audio; News report

Summary: This is a listening which explains the importance of Spanglish and how it is changing so fast based on Ilan Stavan’s book “Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language”. There also some recording of people speaking Spanglish.

Click here to listen.

Spanglish by Bill Santiago

Site: You Tube

Selected Video: Spanglish by Bill Santiago

Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AI3q0Yl3hg

Category: Humour; News

Summary: NBC interview with Bill Santiago, a stand-up comedian, talking about the publishing of his book on Spanglish ("Pardon My Spanglish"). The comedian also performs at Comedy Central (a very famous TV show in New York) and makes jokes about Spanglish and how important it is to the Latin community in the US. By making fun of it, he explains how Spanglish is strictly connected to people’s everyday situations - especially in New York, home of many Latin American descendants - and also gives some hints on what is more usual or unusual to say in Spanglish.

Spanglish

Movie: Spanglish

Directed by: James L. Brooks

Cast: Adam Samdler, Paz Vega, Téa Leoni

Year: 2004

Summary: Movie that portrays the story of a Mexican mother which moves to the United States and becomes the maid in an rich American family. The movie shows all the difficulties of adaptation and the barriers of language in a different country and culture.

Stand Up Comedy - Spanglish

Site: You Tube

Selected Video: "Spanglish" by George Lopez

Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13CVD0idrM

Category: Humor

Summary: Stand-up comedy from Mexican American comedian and actor George Lopez satirizing Mexican-American intrinsic relationships focusing with humor on issues of class, prejudice and language related to both nationalities. The first minutes of the video are spoken in Spanglish as well.

Watch the video here:

How Spanglish Works?

Site: How Stuff Works?

Selected Article: “How Spanglish Works?” by Tracy V. Williams

Address: http://people.howstuffworks.com/spanglish.htm

Category: Instructive

Summary: Famous website which tries to explain how things in general work comments about the phenomenon of Spanglish by interviewing one of its most important scholars, Dr. Ilan Stavans.

What is Spanglish?

Site: The Routes of English - BBC Radio 4

Selected Audio: “What is Spanglish?”, an audio report from the BBC

Address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/programme4_1.shtml

Category: Audio documentary; Academic

Summary: Definition of Spanglish by an academic as well as sample audios from people speaking Spanglish. It also states the strategies the variety uses and the efforts Spanish speakers make not to lose their linguistic roots when migrating to a different country.

Espanhol, Inglês ou Spanglish? Eis a Questão

Site: Universia Knowledge Wharton - Marketing

Selected Article: “Espanhol, Inglês ou Spanglish? Eis a Questão.”

Address: http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=950&language=portuguese

Category: Media; Marketing

Summary: Focused on a more commercial and marketing approach to the issue, this article discusses the use of the English or Spanish languages in order to reach Hispanic descendants in the United States as a way to consume the American media. It remarks the existence of Spanglish as not suitable to the publicity market regardless its impressive popularity.

Growing Up Spanglish

Site: Santa Fe New Mexican.com

Selected Article: “Growing Up Spanglish” by Larry Torres

Address: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/lavoz/Everybody-always-picks-on--La-Suegra-

Category: Humor

Summary: Funny text written in Spanglish showing the variety mixtures with both Spanish and English languages.

Spanglish - The Making of a New American Language

Book: Spanglish - The Making of a New American Language

Author: Ilan Stavans

Category: Academic

Summary: Ilan Stavans, Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College in Amherst, talks about the history, creativity and vitality of Spanglish amongst its users.

Spanglish: Speaking la Lengua Loca

Site: America.gov - Engaging the World

Selected Article: “Spanglish: Speaking la Lengua Loca” by Ilan Stavans

Address: http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2008/April/20080608234818srenod0.9821436.html

Category: Academic; Instructive

Summary: Ilan Stavans, Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, explains the origins of Spanglish and how its connections with the English have been creating this hybrid language that can be found in many parts of the Hispanic world. He emphasizes the curiosities about the variety as well as the possible future of Spanglish as “a full-fledged, self-sufficient language with its recognizable syntax”.

Spanglish Dictionary

Site: Spanglish

Selected Article: “Spanglish Dictionary” by Nelson Gonzalez

Address: http://members.tripod.com/~nelson_g/spanglish.html

Category: Instructive

Summary: The web site written in Spanish gives an introduction of Spanglish and briefly talks about the criticism that this variety encounters by the “purists” of the Spanish language, who intend to preserve it and keep it away from influences of other languages. The webpage also gives some information about the history of Spanglish as well as stating that the variety is continuously practiced not only by people on hispanic neighborhoods in the United States but also on the Internet. Finally, it shows a dictionary with some entries of Spanglish and their translation into Spanish and English, followed by example sentences.

Spanglish, que língua é essa?

Site: Nadave.net

Selected Article: “Spanglish, que língua é essa?” by Nadave

Address: http://nadave.net/?p=547

Category: Instructive

Summary: The article in Portuguese outlines a very brief and simple definition of Spanglish by stating its most important historical backgrounds. It also describes some of its structure strategies and emphasizes Spanglish’s hybrid nature. Besides, there is an example of a dialog in Spanglish followed by its version in Spanish, English and Portuguese.