Ilan Stavans: Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language

Drescher Center for Humanities presents, Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language by Ilan Stavans from Amherst College.

Ilan Stavans will explore the cultural and linguistic significance of this distinctly American language, comparing it to other languages of minority groups in America such as Yiddish and Black English. He will explain who speaks Spanglish, why it has so many varieties and what its existence says about the United States. He will also speculate on whether it will ever become a standard language.

5 October 4:00 p.m.

7th floor, Albin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Hispanic Heritage Month

Sponsors: Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Language, Literacy and Culture Program, and Dresher Center for the Humanities

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[thumpaholden]

Thanks for posting this. What a cool topic!