If you’ve ever visited cities like Los Angeles, Miami or New York City, chances are you’ve heard a linguistic mashup that feels both familiar and foreign
Ana Celia Zentella is well known and regarded in linguistics for an extensive body of work researching language, its varieties (especially regarding Spanish among Latino communities in the United States), and the ways that social and political power are bestowed or rescinded based on the way a person speaks.
Since English was voted the official language of California in 1986, diacritic marks like accents and tildes have been prohibited from government documents. But a proposed bill could change that.
Since English was voted the official language of California in 1986, diacritic marks like accents and tildes have been prohibited from government documents. But a proposed bill could change that.
Ana Zentella, professor emerita at UC San Diego and anthro-political linguist known for her research on varieties of Spanish spoken in the United States, was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences