Anzaldúa is a “Chicana” woman and famous novelist, and in “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” discusses the mixing of various dialects such as Spanish and English to create a new melting-pot language called Chicano. Chicano can be further categorized into regional dialects, which result in different types of Chicano due to the way English and Spanish are spoken in these areas. Further, Anzaldúa describes a system that attempts to assimilate Chicanos so they no longer have accents or speak their non-standardized Spanish. The system is made up of both American educational institutions and speakers of standard uncorrupted Spanish. Because Chicano is not considered correct Spanish or English, those who were taught to speak these languages correctly in a school setting often insult
Anzaldúa is a “Chicana” woman and famous novelist, and in “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” discusses the mixing of various dialects such as Spanish and English to create a new melting-pot language called Chicano. Chicano can be further categorized into regional dialects, which result in different types of Chicano due to the way English and Spanish are spoken in these areas. Further, Anzaldúa describes a system that attempts to assimilate Chicanos so they no longer have accents or speak their non-standardized Spanish. The system is made up of both American educational institutions and speakers of standard uncorrupted Spanish. Because Chicano is not considered correct Spanish or English, those who were taught to speak these languages correctly in a school setting often insult