"La nueva frontera": Spanish-speaking populations in Central Washington

• Daniel J. Villa ^[1] ; Naomi Lapidus Shin ^[2] ; Eva Robles Nagata ^[3]
  1. [1] New Mexico State University

     New Mexico State University

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] University of New Mexico

     University of New Mexico

     Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] University of Montana

     University of Montana

     Estados Unidos

     

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• Localización: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics, ISSN-e 2199-3386, ISSN 1939-0238, Vol. 7, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 149-172
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Washington State, demographically speaking, represents the northernmost boundary, la nueva frontera, of what might now be called the Spanish speaking West. Previously, Spanish speakers in the West were concentrated mostly in the Southwest. However, in recent years the Hispanic population of the U.S. has steadily grown, with the result that it forms the largest minority group in the nation, extending into areas that traditionally have not had significant Hispanic communities, including the Pacific Northwest. Little research to date has been carried out on the Spanish-speaking Hispanic populations in that region, particularly in interior Washington. This article seeks to begin to fill that research lacuna. Analyses of U.S. Census data, as well as sociolinguistic interviews with Washington Hispanics, indicate that what used to be the Spanish-speaking Southwest can now be subsumed under the broader ‘Spanish-speaking West,’ with Washington at its northernmost border.