What is Spanglish?
Spanglish is the blend of Spanish and English that singer and rapper Pitbull is famous for, but it can also manifest as “calques.” Calques are words or phrases borrowed from another language. For example, the phrase, “Te llamo pa’ atrás” is a calque borrowed from the English language. Why? Because it’s a direct translation of “I will call you back,” a phrase not used in Spanish.
“It s important to call attention to this fact that you can be engaging in Spanglish without using words in the other language simply because you are thinking in a language, but then kind of projecting the words in the other one,” Stavans said.
What is Spanglish?
Spanglish is the blend of Spanish and English that singer and rapper Pitbull is famous for, but it can also manifest as “calques.” Calques are words or phrases borrowed from another language. For example, the phrase, “Te llamo pa’ atrás” is a calque borrowed from the English language. Why? Because it’s a direct translation of “I will call you back,” a phrase not used in Spanish.
“It s important to call attention to this fact that you can be engaging in Spanglish without using words in the other language simply because you are thinking in a language, but then kind of projecting the words in the other one,” Stavans said.
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What is Spanglish?
Spanglish is the blend of Spanish and English that singer and rapper Pitbull is famous for, but it can also manifest as “calques.” Calques are words or phrases borrowed from another language. For example, the phrase, “Te llamo pa’ atrás” is a calque borrowed from the English language. Why? Because it’s a direct translation of “I will call you back,” a phrase not used in Spanish.
“It s important to call attention to this fact that you can be engaging in Spanglish without using words in the other language simply because you are thinking in a language, but then kind of projecting the words in the other one,” Stavans said.
What is Spanglish?
Spanglish is the blend of Spanish and English that singer and rapper Pitbull is famous for, but it can also manifest as “calques.” Calques are words or phrases borrowed from another language. For example, the phrase, “Te llamo pa’ atrás” is a calque borrowed from the English language. Why? Because it’s a direct translation of “I will call you back,” a phrase not used in Spanish.
“It s important to call attention to this fact that you can be engaging in Spanglish without using words in the other language simply because you are thinking in a language, but then kind of projecting the words in the other one,” Stavans said.