Laura Callahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1156456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Callahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Callahan |
| SIGNATURE | CALLAHAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | City College of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5132-9154 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The importance of being earnest
Mock Spanish is a register in which Spanish words or phrases are used in otherwise English language texts or utterances to evoke humor, often indexing an unflattering image of Spanish speakers. This paper examines the occurrence of Mock Spanish in mass media, of interest in part because its use there cannot be mitigated so much as is possible in private speech by factors such as the speaker’s or writer’s intentions or relationships with addressee…
Museums as a Site for Racialization and Heritage Language Maintenance
Racialization is a process by which a group of people comes to be associated with and defined by certain essentialized characteristics. Racialization assumes unindividuated populations, and qualities such as intelligence, industriousness, and educational attainment can attach to an entire ethnic group. I argue that some practices in American museums may unintentionally contribute to the racialization of Spanish and Spanish speakers in the United …
Asking for a Letter of Recommendation in Spanish and English
Linguistic politeness plays an important role in the opinions people form of one another, especially when an individual has little other knowledge of an interlocutor, as is often the case in relationships between professors and students. Positive face refers to the desire to be liked and appreciated; negative face refers to the desire to be unimpeded. Positive and negative face are often characterized as corresponding to the dichotomies of involv…
U.S. Latinos’ Use of Written Spanish
This paper reports on an investigation of writing in Spanish in the lives of U.S. Latinos. Twentytwo semi-structured interviews were conducted with informants recruited from among students and former students of high school and college Spanish courses. The interviews were transcribed and coded for concepts and emergent themes (Rubin & Rubin, 2005; Bogdan & Biklen, 1992). Some themes that emerged relate to what U.S. Latinos do with written Spanish…
Speaking with (dis)respect
This paper reports on an investigation into the reactions of 147 participants of various ethnicities to a language practice in the USA that has been characterized as Mock Spanish, a special register in which Spanish words or phrases are used to evoke humor by indexing an often unflattering image of Spanish speakers. Research questions include whether Mock Spanish is indeed racist discourse, whether it can by definition be used only by non-Latinos…
Accommodation to Outgroup Members’ Use of an Ingroup Language
This article compares data from service encounters conducted in person and over the telephone in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. During the in-person phase, the author and 8 fieldworkers entered businesses and initiated conversations with Latino service providers in Spanish, noting the language of response. The rate of non-reciprocal responses in which workers used English to answer a question asked in Spanish was double for non-Lat…
English or Spanish?! Language accommodation in New York City service encounters
Speech accommodation theory refers to an individual's adaptation of his or her speech to more closely approximate that of an interlocutor. A change to the interlocutor's language is one of the most obvious and observable forms of accommodation. Language choices are shaped by the linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the situational norms for the setting in which an exchange takes plac…
Talking Both Languages‘
Strategies for deciding which language to use when forms part of the sociolinguistic competence of speakers who can speak more than one language. Language choices are shaped by a number of factors, including linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the setting in which an exchange takes place. Language choices in the workplace are further influenced by company policies and by the asymmet…
Spanish/English Contrasts
Preface to the Second Edition 0 General introduction: Language and interlanguage0.1 Language, lects, and linguistics0.2 Comparing and contrasting languages 0.2.1 Correspondences between languages 0.2.2 Implications of the correspondences0.3 Interlanguage and sources of problems0.4 The limits of linguistics in language teaching Part One: Phonology1 Introduction to phonology1.0 Phonology vs. orthography1.1 Review of phonetics 1.1.1 Classes of sound…
Estudios de Lingüística, 15
The Matrix Language Frame model and Spanish/English codeswitching in fiction
Metalinguistic References in a Spanish/English Corpus
A corpus of novels and short stories containing Spanish/English code-switching offers a rich source of metalinguistic references reflecting the sociolinguistic pressures faced by Spanish speakers in the United States. Issues represented include: heritage language loss or maintenance, motivations for the acquisition of English or of Spanish, attitudes toward the speakers of each language and toward its different varieties, and beliefs concerning w…
English or Spanish?! Language accommodation in New York City service encounters
Speech accommodation theory refers to an individual's adaptation of his or her speech to more closely approximate that of an interlocutor. A change to the interlocutor's language is one of the most obvious and observable forms of accommodation. Language choices are shaped by the linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the situational norms for the setting in which an exchange takes plac…
The Matrix Language Frame model and Spanish/English codeswitching in fiction
Speaking with (dis)respect
This paper reports on an investigation into the reactions of 147 participants of various ethnicities to a language practice in the USA that has been characterized as Mock Spanish, a special register in which Spanish words or phrases are used to evoke humor by indexing an often unflattering image of Spanish speakers. Research questions include whether Mock Spanish is indeed racist discourse, whether it can by definition be used only by non-Latinos…
Talking Both Languages‘
Strategies for deciding which language to use when forms part of the sociolinguistic competence of speakers who can speak more than one language. Language choices are shaped by a number of factors, including linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the setting in which an exchange takes place. Language choices in the workplace are further influenced by company policies and by the asymmet…
Metalinguistic References in a Spanish/English Corpus
A corpus of novels and short stories containing Spanish/English code-switching offers a rich source of metalinguistic references reflecting the sociolinguistic pressures faced by Spanish speakers in the United States. Issues represented include: heritage language loss or maintenance, motivations for the acquisition of English or of Spanish, attitudes toward the speakers of each language and toward its different varieties, and beliefs concerning w…
Metalinguistic References in a Spanish/English Corpus
A corpus of novels and short stories containing Spanish/English code-switching offers a rich source of metalinguistic references reflecting the sociolinguistic pressures faced by Spanish speakers in the United States. Issues represented include: heritage language loss or maintenance, motivations for the acquisition of English or of Spanish, attitudes toward the speakers of each language and toward its different varieties, and beliefs concerning w…
The Matrix Language Frame model and Spanish/English codeswitching in fiction
Estudios de Lingüística, 15
Spanish/English Contrasts
Preface to the Second Edition 0 General introduction: Language and interlanguage0.1 Language, lects, and linguistics0.2 Comparing and contrasting languages 0.2.1 Correspondences between languages 0.2.2 Implications of the correspondences0.3 Interlanguage and sources of problems0.4 The limits of linguistics in language teaching Part One: Phonology1 Introduction to phonology1.0 Phonology vs. orthography1.1 Review of phonetics 1.1.1 Classes of sound…
Talking Both Languages‘
Strategies for deciding which language to use when forms part of the sociolinguistic competence of speakers who can speak more than one language. Language choices are shaped by a number of factors, including linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the setting in which an exchange takes place. Language choices in the workplace are further influenced by company policies and by the asymmet…
English or Spanish?! Language accommodation in New York City service encounters
Speech accommodation theory refers to an individual's adaptation of his or her speech to more closely approximate that of an interlocutor. A change to the interlocutor's language is one of the most obvious and observable forms of accommodation. Language choices are shaped by the linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the situational norms for the setting in which an exchange takes plac…
Accommodation to Outgroup Members’ Use of an Ingroup Language
This article compares data from service encounters conducted in person and over the telephone in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. During the in-person phase, the author and 8 fieldworkers entered businesses and initiated conversations with Latino service providers in Spanish, noting the language of response. The rate of non-reciprocal responses in which workers used English to answer a question asked in Spanish was double for non-Lat…
U.S. Latinos’ Use of Written Spanish
This paper reports on an investigation of writing in Spanish in the lives of U.S. Latinos. Twentytwo semi-structured interviews were conducted with informants recruited from among students and former students of high school and college Spanish courses. The interviews were transcribed and coded for concepts and emergent themes (Rubin & Rubin, 2005; Bogdan & Biklen, 1992). Some themes that emerged relate to what U.S. Latinos do with written Spanish…
Speaking with (dis)respect
This paper reports on an investigation into the reactions of 147 participants of various ethnicities to a language practice in the USA that has been characterized as Mock Spanish, a special register in which Spanish words or phrases are used to evoke humor by indexing an often unflattering image of Spanish speakers. Research questions include whether Mock Spanish is indeed racist discourse, whether it can by definition be used only by non-Latinos…
Asking for a Letter of Recommendation in Spanish and English
Linguistic politeness plays an important role in the opinions people form of one another, especially when an individual has little other knowledge of an interlocutor, as is often the case in relationships between professors and students. Positive face refers to the desire to be liked and appreciated; negative face refers to the desire to be unimpeded. Positive and negative face are often characterized as corresponding to the dichotomies of involv…
The importance of being earnest
Mock Spanish is a register in which Spanish words or phrases are used in otherwise English language texts or utterances to evoke humor, often indexing an unflattering image of Spanish speakers. This paper examines the occurrence of Mock Spanish in mass media, of interest in part because its use there cannot be mitigated so much as is possible in private speech by factors such as the speaker’s or writer’s intentions or relationships with addressee…
Museums as a Site for Racialization and Heritage Language Maintenance
Racialization is a process by which a group of people comes to be associated with and defined by certain essentialized characteristics. Racialization assumes unindividuated populations, and qualities such as intelligence, industriousness, and educational attainment can attach to an entire ethnic group. I argue that some practices in American museums may unintentionally contribute to the racialization of Spanish and Spanish speakers in the United …
Linguistics (11 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Digital Communication and Language (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works)