Analyzing the Use and Function of Mock Spanish in the Picturebook Collection Skippyjon Jones

This dissertation analyzes the use of Mock Spanish in the children’s picturebook collection Skippyjon Jones. The hypothesis of this paper is that this children’s book collection Skippyjon Jones uses Spanish as a mock language instead of introducing children to the Spanish culture and language. The b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Juncos Zori, Alicia
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/36326
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/36326
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:811.111
Multimodality
Mock Spanish
Filología inglesa
Lingüística
5505.10 Filología
57 Lingüística
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Sumario:This dissertation analyzes the use of Mock Spanish in the children’s picturebook collection Skippyjon Jones. The hypothesis of this paper is that this children’s book collection Skippyjon Jones uses Spanish as a mock language instead of introducing children to the Spanish culture and language. The books are addressed specifically to a white Anglo-Saxon population, but the analysis suggests that they do not really contribute to the social integration of the Latino community. Rather, they seem to reinforce preconceived negative stereotypes against Spanish speakers particularly, Mexicans in the USA