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The use of English and Spanish among Cubans in Miami
Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos • 20 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 49-63
By: Castellanos, Isabel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes the various contexts in which English and Spanish are used in Miami, as well as the similarities and differences in linguistic usage between Cubans who were born in the United States or arrived at an early age, and those who came as adults. This study shows that Spanish fulfills important public functions and that certain public domains, such as employment, do not discourage the maintenance of Spanish. At the same time, a considerable intergenerational shift toward English may be observed (p. 49).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cuban Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Miami, Dade County, Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Isabel Castellanos
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75649635
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuban Americans