Recovering the U.S. Hispanic linguistic heritage
Subtitle: sociohistorical approaches to Spanish in the United States
By: Alejandra Balestra, Glenn Martinez, María Irene Moyna, editors.
Contributors: Balestra, Alejandra.; Martínez, Glenn A., 1971-; Moyna, María Irene.
Series: Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage series
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Houston, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781558855281
Subjects: Spanish language -- United States -- History; Spanish language -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History; Spanish language -- Social aspects -- United States; Hispanic Americans -- Languages
Description: "Contrary to popular belief, the first European language spoken on American soil was not English, but Spanish. Explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his shipmates landed on the Florida coast in 1513, almost 100 years before the British established a permanent settlement in Virginia." "This exploration of the development of the Spanish language in the territory that has become the United States from a sociohistorical perspective draws attention to the long tradition of multilingualism in the United States in the hope of putting to rest the myth that the United States was ever a monolingual nation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.