Publications

Publication details [#48851]

Urzúa, Alfredo and Edwin Gómez. 2008. Home Style Puerto Rican: A Study of Language Maintenance and Use in New England. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29 (6) : 449–466.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

contextualization | language attitude | language maintenance | language use

Language as a subject

English, American | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study on Spanish language maintenance in the vibrant Puerto Rican community of Southbridge, Massachusetts, focuses on Southbridge Puerto Ricans' Spanish and English use at home, and their attitudes regarding Spanish language maintenance. It is concluded that ethnic enclaves do not seem to offer a safe shelter for heritage languages.