“What history teaches us is that the only constant is change. Whenever two languages have geographic contact they’re going to influence each other.”
Camille Phillips / Texas Public Radio
St. Mary's University Professor Meghann Peace speaks to a student in her Heritage Spanish class on Sept. 23, 2019.
From Texas Public Radio:
College freshman Angie Bravo’s first language is Spanish, but she wishes she were better at it.
The 18-year-old grew up in Laredo, Texas, just across the border from Mexico. Like many of her neighbors, she speaks a version of Spanish influenced by English.
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