Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1993

Keywords

US ENGLISH Update, Language attitudes

Abstract

An analysis of the content of the first ten years of the primary publication of the US ENGLISH organization, US ENGLISH Update, reveals that the main focus of the group is restriction of use of the Spanish language in the United States. This policy objective has its roots in language attitudes based on impressions and hearsay. US ENGLISH asserts that many US Spanish-speakers are not willing to learn English, for which bilingual education is singled out as a significant cause. US ENGLISH claims to support only constituency- and state-benefit-based language policies, but the ulterior goal that emerges is the elimination of ad hoc clientele-based language policy that serves Spanish-speakers of limited English proficiency. It is clear that, ultimately, some individuals associated with the organization wish to reduce the public use of Spanish, since that verbal behavior is what has lead them to become anxious about the status of English.

Publication Title

Southwest Journal of Linguistics

Volume

12

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

38

Required Publisher's Statement

Published by the Linguistic Association of the Southwest. This article is reproduced with their permission.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Spanish language--Study and teaching--United States; Language policy--United States--Public opinion; Education, Bilingual--Unites States--Public opinion

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

U.S.ENGLISH (Organization)

Geographic Coverage

United States

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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