Spanish use is steady or dropping in US despite high Latino immigration
- Written by Phillip M Carter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University
Hidden just beneath the surface of the ongoing heated debate about immigration in the United States lurks an often unspoken concern: language. Specifically, whether immigration from Spanish-speaking countries threatens the English language’s dominance.
Language and immigration have long been politically linked in the U.S. When Farmers...
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