The Hispanophobia of the Official English movement in the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4904576 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Celia Zentella (0000-0003-1449-0787, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl.1997.127.71 |
| OpenAlex | W1992414508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
The greatest efforts ever made to restrict language in the US since the post-WWIperiod have been taking place since 1980. Language policy in three areas — the language of government, the language of employment, and the language of the schools — affect the human rights of 32 million members of language-minority families, but they are targeted most specifically at the group that represents the majority: Spanish Speakers. In response, defense of Spanish has served to unite diverse groups of Latinos despite dijferences in migration history, socioeconomic profiles, andpolitical affiliations. Of particular interest is the relationship between the positions that a group takes on the issue ofmaking English the official language of the US and on the issue of eliminating the Services that might be affected by English-only legislation. This paper reports on the views of more than 300 Latinos in New York City and compares them with those of EuroAmericans, African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and others
English language · Language policy · Legislation · Linguistics · Minority language · Pedagogy · Political science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy
Language Policies and Language Rights
Práticas de letramento, antropologia linguística e desigualdade social
Spanish-language print media in the USA
Social hierarchy in local Spanish-language print media
It’s all about English
Discourse, Anthropology of
El Español de los Estados Unidos
Indexicalities of language contact in an era of globalization
Readings in Language Shift Studies from the Past to the Present
The Impact of the Myths about Spanish and its Speakers in the US Population
Navigating the roads of language policy
Critical language awareness in the heritage language classroom
Femininity Perceptions of Cross-ethnic Forenames
Stancetaking and heritage language production
Literacy as social reproduction and social transformation
Heritage Somali and Identity in Rural Wisconsin
Heritage Languages in North America
The English-Only Movement
Recontextualizing ideologies about social difference in New York Spanish-language newspaper advertising
Iowa College Students' Attitudes Toward Official English Legislation
Competing Language Ideologies in a Bilingual/Bicultural After-School Program in Southern California
Who Wins in Research on Bilingualism in an Anti-bilingual State
Winning the Battle, Losing the War
Literacy reform for Latina/o students
Unity Versus Uniformity
Racializing language
English-only policies
Identities at play
The Changing Face of Racial Discrimination
Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology of US Latinos
La Francophonie and Beyond
Migration, Sociolinguistic Scale, and Educational Reproduction
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |