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- Title
Límites socioeconómicos a la extensión de la lengua española en los Estados Unidos.
- Authors
Alarcón, Amado; Heyman, Josiah
- Abstract
This article analyzes the market mechanisms and institutional constraints that shape the evaluation and social spread of Spanish in El Paso, Texas, USA (located on the US-Mexico border). The results are presented through an analysis of labor sectors that have different main characteristics in the linguistic intensity of work and product. Based on in-depth interviews, the study finds that linguistic management policies in low-skilled sectors are effectively «Spanish-only». However, as skills increase and there is a greater need for formal Spanish in the occupational role, we observe more constraints on how Spanish functions in work use. In sectors where demand for Spanish language skills has grown, such as call centers, linguistic management is based on acculturated heritage Spanish as a means to obtain cheap labor.
- Subjects
EL Paso (Tex.); TEXAS; UNITED States; SPANISH language; LANGUAGE research; SERVICE industries; LABOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEJANOS; EMPLOYEE selection; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2012, Issue 139, p3
- ISSN
0210-5233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5477/cis/reis.139.3