The Social Significance of Spanish Language Loyalty Among Black and White Dominicans in New York

Abstract

This study continues a line of research whose aim is to examine the sociolinguis tic dimensions of Dominican societies and in particular the extent to which social identity may be mediated via linguistic attributes. Of interest for the present dis cussion are the different social structures that delimit the linguistic behaviors of black versus white Dominicans in New York. As will be shown, the Spanish lan guage serves a dual unifying and separatist function, binding Dominicans to their Hispanic past and isolating them from their African American neighbors.*

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