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‘<strong>Spanglish</strong>’: the questions<br />

1.Could code-switching <strong>Spanglish</strong> really become a new language, as a<br />

standardised hybrid?<br />

No hybrid has been standardised.<br />

4 <strong>Spanglish</strong>: the questions<br />

If hybridisation if <strong>for</strong>mally principled, standardisation could in principle<br />

take place, e.g. media lengua (Salcedo, Ecuador), a hybrid of Spanish (lexis)<br />

and Quechua (morphology and syntax)<br />

Media Lengua: unu fabur-ta pidi-nga-bu bini-xu-ni<br />

Quechua: shuk fabur-da maña-nga-bu shamu-xu-ni<br />

1SG<br />

Spanish: Vengo a pedir un favor<br />

Spanish elements shown in dark red<br />

a favour-ACC ask-NOMIN-BENEF come-PROGR-

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