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Language and Text
2019. Vol. 6, no. 2, 51–58
https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2019060208
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Linguocultural influence of Spanish (Latin American varieties) on American English

 
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Abstract

The article shows the interaction of two languages (Spanish and English) in diachrony and synchrony (the influence of Latin American Spanish on the American version of English in the last decades). The language situation in the USA is described in connection with the large number of immigrants from Latin America, as well as their cultural influence on the lifestyle of the southern and southwestern US states. On the basis of the analysis of scientific and newspaper publications, videos and Internet sites, the influence of the Spanish language and culture on the American version of the English language and the culture of the southern states of the USA is demonstrated.

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Keywords: American English, Latin American Spanish, the language situation in the southern states of the United States, the influence of Latin American culture and the Spanish language of immigrants on the life and language of the southern United States

Journal rubric: Intercultural Communication and Problems of Globalization: Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics

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Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in Hispanic linguistics, including language variation, sociolinguistics, lexicography, language contact, dialectology, phraseology, historical linguistics, pragmatics, and bilingualism. It explores the diversity and evolution of the Spanish language across different regions and social contexts.

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Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

This cluster of papers explores linguistic borrowing, language contact phenomena, and the influence of one language on another. It delves into topics such as anglicisms, neologisms, pragmatic borrowing, sociolinguistics, and the cultural and semantic implications of lexical influence. The papers also discuss bilingualism and the impact of English on various European languages.

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Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2019060208

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For citation: Utkina, L.N. (2019). Linguocultural influence of Spanish (Latin American varieties) on American English. Language and Text, 6(2), 51–58. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2019060208

© Utkina L.N., 2019

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

L. N. Utkina, Candidate of Science (Philology), Senior lecturer, Chair of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, e-mail: loraut@mail.ru

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