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September 10, 2025Frontera NorteOpen Access

Mexicana nacida en el extranjero: Analyzing Ethnolinguistic Identity of Spanish Heritage Speakers Inhabiting the Borderlands

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RARosalva Alamillo

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Overview

Research analyzes ethnolinguistic identity of Spanish heritage speakers in borderlands, showing implications for education.

Key Points

  • Most participants identified with their ethnic group, recognizing the importance of ethnolinguistic identity in their lives.
  • Over a third reported solely identifying with their heritage culture, indicating a complex sense of belonging.
  • Critical discourse analysis was employed to examine narratives written by students in an advanced heritage Spanish class.
  • Findings suggest enhanced educational practices can be developed to better support heritage language speakers' identities.

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Rosalva Alamillo (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1dd9254b1d3bfb60fc00fhttps://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2382
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