Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Foreign Languages
Second Department
Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Reader 1
Martin Vega
Reader 2
Marino Forlino
Reader 3
Carmen Fought
Rights Information
© 2024 Lilliana H Sena-Gersh
Abstract
"A Cultural Analysis of Contact Dialects: Spanglish and Italglish in American Popular Culture," presents two language specific theses exploring the themes of identity and culture in contact dialects as represented in American popular culture. Through an analysis of the TV shows Saturday Night Live and Jersey Shores, as well as TikTok, the importance of dialects in the prevention of language loss is examined. "A Sociolinguistic Analysis on Fresa and U.S. Spanglish" explores the language ideologies and attitudes present in the contact dialect of Spanglish through a sociolinguistic viewpoint. The study examines the diverse sentiments surrounding the dialect in communities in both the United States and Mexico City.
Recommended Citation
Sena-Gersh, Lilliana, "A Cultural Analysis of Contact Dialects: Spanglish and Italglish in American Popular Culture & A Sociolinguistic Analysis on Fresa and U.S. Spanglish" (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2246.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2246
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
