Title: Nationalism and native-language maintenance in Puerto Rico
Abstract: Although Puerto Rico is soon to commemorate one hundred years of its
political and economic association with the United States, the Island continues to maintain a very separate cultural identity, marked most distinctively
by the use ofthe Spanish language in allsocietal domains. This exclusive use
of Spanish, even after determined attempts by the United States military
government on the Island in early years, can be attributed to a historically
persistent defense ofthe Spanish language by the Puerto Rican intelligentsia.
The defense strategies usedby the differentjournalists,poets,politicians, and
educators ofthe time included the Identification ofthe Spanish language as
an integral part of Puerto Rican ethnocultural identity, the relating ofEnglish
exclusively with the United States and the attempts at Americanization of
the Puerto Rican, and the subsequent presentation ofthis same language as
a threat to Spanish and Puerto Rican national identity.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 20
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot