Claudia Matachana López
Biographic Data
| ID | 5784275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Matachana López |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia Matachana |
| FAMILY NAME | López |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bentley University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0711-492X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Code-Switching, Reggaetón, and Identity Negotiation Among Puerto Ricans in the Diaspora
This qualitative study examines the language ideologies surrounding code-switching and Puerto Rican Spanish among Puerto Rican bilingual speakers in Massachusetts, focusing on how these ideologies interact with identity construction in the diaspora. Participants in this study commonly described their own language use as Spanglish, emphasizing both its practical role in everyday communication and its significance as a marker of cultural and lingui…
Cuentos de Sábado as a site of community-based learning
This article examines Cuentos de Sábado, a community-based Spanish storytime program developed in collaboration between local universities and a Massachusetts school district. Anchored in sociocultural linguistics and framed by language socialization theory, which emphasizes how language use mediates social, cultural, and identity development, the study explores how the program promotes positive language ideologies, supports multilingual developm…
Linguistic discrimination and resistance
Language is a fundamental part of students’ culture and identity, significantly impacting their academic experiences. Minoritized students often face linguistic discrimination through prescriptive ideologies or deficit views of their linguistic abilities. Latinx students, particularly, may encounter negative ideologies that undermine their bilingualism portraying them as incapable of speaking either English or Spanish. This study explores the lan…
Linguistic Attitudes and Ideologies of Spanish High School Teachers towards Puerto Rican Spanish in Massachusetts
This study analyzes linguistic ideologies and attitudes of Spanish high school teachers in Western Massachusetts towards Puerto Rican Spanish (PRS). An open-answer survey was conducted to examine the reactions of teachers towards utterances produced with well-documented Puerto Rican Spanish features. In the state of Massachusetts, Puerto Ricans represent the predominant Latino group, and, in some cities, such as Holyoke, they account for almost h…
Palabras en Español Que Has Estado Diciendo Mal”
Los hispanohablantes en los Estados Unidos se enfrentan a grandes desigualdades sociales, educativas y lingüísticas. Estas últimas están basadas en las ideologías sobre el lenguaje, la corrección y el estándar (Bugel 2012; Escobar y Potowski 2015). La variedad estándar se entiende como la correcta y legítima frente a las demás variedades (de los Heros 2008; Fuller 2018; Milroy 2001; Siegel 2006). Estas ideologías no solo se difunden a través de l…
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Palabras en Español Que Has Estado Diciendo Mal”
Los hispanohablantes en los Estados Unidos se enfrentan a grandes desigualdades sociales, educativas y lingüísticas. Estas últimas están basadas en las ideologías sobre el lenguaje, la corrección y el estándar (Bugel 2012; Escobar y Potowski 2015). La variedad estándar se entiende como la correcta y legítima frente a las demás variedades (de los Heros 2008; Fuller 2018; Milroy 2001; Siegel 2006). Estas ideologías no solo se difunden a través de l…
Linguistic Attitudes and Ideologies of Spanish High School Teachers towards Puerto Rican Spanish in Massachusetts
This study analyzes linguistic ideologies and attitudes of Spanish high school teachers in Western Massachusetts towards Puerto Rican Spanish (PRS). An open-answer survey was conducted to examine the reactions of teachers towards utterances produced with well-documented Puerto Rican Spanish features. In the state of Massachusetts, Puerto Ricans represent the predominant Latino group, and, in some cities, such as Holyoke, they account for almost h…
Linguistic discrimination and resistance
Language is a fundamental part of students’ culture and identity, significantly impacting their academic experiences. Minoritized students often face linguistic discrimination through prescriptive ideologies or deficit views of their linguistic abilities. Latinx students, particularly, may encounter negative ideologies that undermine their bilingualism portraying them as incapable of speaking either English or Spanish. This study explores the lan…
Code-Switching, Reggaetón, and Identity Negotiation Among Puerto Ricans in the Diaspora
This qualitative study examines the language ideologies surrounding code-switching and Puerto Rican Spanish among Puerto Rican bilingual speakers in Massachusetts, focusing on how these ideologies interact with identity construction in the diaspora. Participants in this study commonly described their own language use as Spanglish, emphasizing both its practical role in everyday communication and its significance as a marker of cultural and lingui…
Cuentos de Sábado as a site of community-based learning
This article examines Cuentos de Sábado, a community-based Spanish storytime program developed in collaboration between local universities and a Massachusetts school district. Anchored in sociocultural linguistics and framed by language socialization theory, which emphasizes how language use mediates social, cultural, and identity development, the study explores how the program promotes positive language ideologies, supports multilingual developm…
Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (4 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Puerto rican (3 works) · Language ideology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)