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"Before the Storm, There Wasn't Much of a Thought. When Katrina Happened, That Changed Everything:" Social Network Geometry, Discourses of Threat, and English Usage among Latinxs in Post-Katrina New Orleans
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Lewis, Thomas D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation presents the results of a tripartite exploration of English use by Latinxs in post-Katrina New Orleans, defined here as an ethnolinguistic repertoire that I call New Orleans Latinx English (NOLAE). The project considers how contemporary English use differs from that found in a pre-Katrina sample, how social network geometry…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Spanish, Language Variation, Vowels