Being bilingual in Borinquen : student voices from the University of Puerto Rico / edited by Alicia Pousada.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Description
ix, 175 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

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    The Spanish-speaking island of Puerto Rico (also known as Borinquen) has had a complex linguistic landscape since 1898, due to the United States' colonial imposition of English as the language of administration and education. Even after 1948, when Puerto Rico was finally permitted to hold its own gubernatorial elections and determine its own language policies, controversy regarding how best to achieve bilingualism continued. Despite many studies of the language dynamic of the island, the voices of the people who actually live there have been muted.This volume opens with a basic introduction to.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN
    • 9781443889940 ((hardcover))
    • 1443889946 ((hardcover))
    OCLC
    993647364
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