Author:
Potowski Kim,Torres Lourdes
Abstract
Abstract
This chapter considers the underlying social conditions that lead to Spanish use and intergenerational transmission among Chicago Latino speakers. The goal of the chapter is to explore the factors that underlie the development of diverse Spanish proficiency levels within Latino Chicago. The chapter reviews previous studies on intergenerational Spanish transmission and loss in the U.S. and considers how factors such as input, attitudes, regional origin, and age of onset of English can affect the development of a minority language. The chapter then discusses factors that impacted Spanish proficiency across the life span in Chicago, including attitudes about Spanish, language use in the home and social networks, order of acquisition, bilingual education, and visits to Mexico or Puerto Rico. The chapter also discusses proficiency outliers—speakers whose Spanish proficiency was either higher or lower than the average for their generational group. It considers both high-proficiency outliers and low-proficiency outliers.
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York
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