While two-thirds of U.S. Latinos say they can read a newspaper or book in Spanish at least pretty well, just 21% say they mostly consume news in Spanish. Just over half of Hispanics (54%) report ...
A linguistics professor found that even Miamians who aren’t fluent in Spanish use or understand phrases that are direct translations. By Patricia Mazzei Patricia Mazzei reported from Miami, where she ...
When Spanish meets English, new dialects emerge – giving us real-time insight into language evolution, linguists say. "Vamos de punches punches punches", Yamilet Muñoz texted her friends in Austin, ...
Spanish is often framed as both essential and deeply rooted in Miami, a necessity to “get by” living in the 305. In certain ways, it is. In other ways it is not, says FIU sociolinguist Phillip Carter.