LING 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hispanic And Latino Americans, Standard Language, Cultural Hegemony
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Everyone should learn the standard(ized) variety of language to ensure we can effectively communicate with each other . Language as a (primary) conduit of cultural identity. Fusha as the epitome of arabness, encapsulates arab"s own heritage and glorious past . You aren"t really latinx if you can"t speak spanish fluently . You can"t identify as (x) if you don"t speak the language; shows language as the defining factor in a community when it isn"t. Nonstandard(ized) varieties, contact varieties, borrowing, code-switching seen as corruptions of language. Ex: don"t speak spanglish; speak one or the other. In us-- many examples of ppl not being supportive of other language (speak english this is america) Which languages are seen as being beneficial to learn for future opportunities? . Eradication/marginalization of indigenous languages through the forced learning of european languages. French: tunisia, lebanon, cote d"ivoire (ivory coast), french. Spanish: california and us southwest, mexico, central/south. Cultural hegemony as a lasting legacy of colonialism and conquest.
