Table of Contents

Part I. Social contexts

1. Introduction

2. U.S. Mexican Spanish West of the Mississippi

3. A (very) brief history of migration: The spread of Spanish speakers

4. Identity: What is in a name?

5. U.S. Mexican Spanish speakers: Race, power and language

6. Language policy and planning

7. Bilingual dynamics: Spanish and English in contact in the West

Part II. Linguistic perspectives

8. Thinking about how we think: The relationship between theory and practice

9. The lexicon: Part I

10. The lexicon: Part II

11. Phonology

12. Language structure

13. Concluding remarks

About the Author

Daniel J. Villa is Professor Emeritus of Spanish Linguistics at New Mexico State University, USA. His primary research interests are in Spanish of the Southwest, US Spanish, language maintenance and loss, and Spanish for native and heritage speakers.

Jens H. Clegg is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. His research interests include US Spanish, language contact, bilingualism, and sociolinguistics.