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Exploring the complex relationship between language and immigration in the United States, this timely book challenges mainstream, historically established assumptions about American citizenship and identity. Set within both a historical and a current political context, this book covers hotly debated topics such as language and ethnicity, the relationship between non-native English and American identity, perceptions and stereotypes related to foreign accents, code-switching, hybrid language forms such as Spanglish, language and the family, and the future of language in America. Work from the fields of linguistics, education policy, history, sociology, and politics are brought together to provide an accessible overview of the key issues. Through specific examples and case studies, immigrant America is presented as a diverse, multilingual, and multidimensional space in which identities are often hybridized and always multifaceted.

Linguistic minorities --- Immigrants --- Languages in contact --- Code switching (Linguistics) --- Language shift --- Switching (Linguistics) --- Bilingualism --- Linguistics --- Diglossia (Linguistics) --- Minority languages --- Language and languages --- Minorities --- Sociolinguistics --- Political aspects --- United States --- Emigration and immigration. --- Immigration --- Code-switching (Linguistics) --- Minoritized languages --- Script switching (Linguistics)