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Peer reviewedMrak, N. Ariana – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1998
Investigates whether, due to the language contact situation in Houston in a group of a Mexican-American speakers, the imperfect forms of subordinate language (Spanish) are going through a process of reduction in favor of the forms of the superordinate language (English) when compared to the speech of Spanish monolinguals. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Mexican Americans
