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”.