as a commodity 15
death 8 , 23
gender-neutral 3
L2 (second) acquisition 53 , 172 , 274
mythology 306 , 309
policies 171 , 279
variation 28 , 38 – 39 , 130
Language internal pressures, variation arising from 21
Language Log weblog 24 , 41 , 53
language myths 276
language rights 3 , 88 , 98 , 181 , 264
language universals categorization 104
first language acquisition 5
Latino/as see also specific national origins and ethnicities criminalization of 62 , 267
“Latin onslaught” 260
cultural significance of language choice 266
ethnicities and cultures 62
in Florida 255
Hispanic, evaluation of the term 255 , 273
in the U.S. Census 153
migrant farm workers 261
peripheralization of speakers 261
range of race and ethnicities represented 62 , 260
self-identification 259 – 260
varieties of Spanish spoken in the U.S. 261
violence towards Spanish speakers 267
Le, C.N. 287
League of United Latin American Citizens 259 , 267
“learn English or go to jail” 267 – 268
Lee, C.-R. 299
Leeman, J. 263
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Disney animated film) 103
Lemons, S. 272
Leno, Jay 291
Lévi-Strauss, C. 55
Lewis, P.M. 278 , 286
Lilo & Stitch (Disney animated film) 121 , 123
Lim, E. 133 , 140 , 148
Limbaugh, R. 141 , 144
Limited Proficiency English 271 , 274 , 308
Lindemann, S. 285
Lindgren, J. 288 , 290
linguist, definition of 23
as an expert witness 172
linguistic
assimilation, resistance to 204
isolation 271
mutability 40
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