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From spanish-only cheap labor to stratified bilingualism: Language, markets and institutions on the US-Mexico border

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    Identifier: imarina:5609456
    Authors:
    Alarcón AHeyman J
    Abstract:
    Recent sociolinguistic research adds new economic sectors, such as the service economy, to the list of key forces that shape unequal, dynamic and complex diglossia (e.g., Spanish in the United States). However, little detailed work has been done on the linguistic characteristics of specific labor sectors in the wider contexts of debordering and rebordering. In this article we develop in depth the market mechanisms and institutional constraints that shape the valuation and social expansion of Spanish in El Paso, Texas the study finds that in sectors with low skills and low linguistic intensity, linguistic management policies are effectively Spanish- only. However, as skills increase and there is a greater need for regulated communication in the occupational role, more constraints are observed on how Spanish functions in work use and professional careers. © 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Alarcón A; Heyman J
    Department: Gestió d'Empreses
    URV's Author/s: Alarcón Alarcón, Amado
    Keywords: Rebordering Markets Language institutionalization El paso Debordering
    Abstract: Recent sociolinguistic research adds new economic sectors, such as the service economy, to the list of key forces that shape unequal, dynamic and complex diglossia (e.g., Spanish in the United States). However, little detailed work has been done on the linguistic characteristics of specific labor sectors in the wider contexts of debordering and rebordering. In this article we develop in depth the market mechanisms and institutional constraints that shape the valuation and social expansion of Spanish in El Paso, Texas the study finds that in sectors with low skills and low linguistic intensity, linguistic management policies are effectively Spanish- only. However, as skills increase and there is a greater need for regulated communication in the occupational role, more constraints are observed on how Spanish functions in work use and professional careers. © 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston.
    Thematic Areas: Linguistics and language Linguistics Linguística e literatura Letras / linguística Language and linguistics Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Astronomia / física
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 16133668
    Author's mail: amado.alarcon@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-4640-2681
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijsl-2013-0090/html
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: International Journal Of The Sociology Of Language. (227): 101-117
    APA: Alarcón A; Heyman J (2014). From spanish-only cheap labor to stratified bilingualism: Language, markets and institutions on the US-Mexico border. International Journal Of The Sociology Of Language, (227), 101-117. DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2013-0090
    Article's DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2013-0090
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2014
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Language & Linguistics,Language and Linguistics,Linguistics,Linguistics and Language,Sociology
    Rebordering
    Markets
    Language institutionalization
    El paso
    Debordering
    Linguistics and language
    Linguistics
    Linguística e literatura
    Letras / linguística
    Language and linguistics
    Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Astronomia / física
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