The Dictionary of Spanish Loanwords in American Slang
This pioneering monographic dictionary documents Spanish loanwords in American slang, a
vibrant and expanding part of informal lexicon of American English.
The dictionary describes over 500 such expressions, including both those used by Latin
Americans and those known to larger segments of American society.
Each entry contains the headword, grammatical identification, usage label, definition
or equivalent in standard English, bibliographical references, contextual examples of
usage with sources and dates, as well as etymological information and dating. The lexical
material comes from a large database of citations from various sources such as
conversation, film, literature, press, television and the Internet, collected during
several research trips to the United States.
The dictionary will be useful to students of sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics, as
well as to everyone interested in lexical variation in contemporary American English.
166 pages, Paperback