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Publication details [#29320]

Vélez, Jorge A. and C. William Schweers. 1993. A U.S. colony at a linguistic crossroads: The decision to make Spanish the official language of Puerto Rico. Language Problems and Language Planning 17 (2) : 117–139.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language policy | language status | language use | official language | political discussion

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper focuses on the various interpretations of the passage of the Puerto Rican 'Spanish-as-official language' legislation of 1991, as expressed by its supporters and detractors.