Language is a fundamental part of students’ culture and identity, significantly impacting their academic experiences. Minoritized students often face linguistic discrimination through prescriptive ideologies or deficit views of their linguistic abilities. Latinx students, particularly, may encounter negative ideologies that undermine their bilingualism portraying them as incapable of speaking either English or Spanish. This study explores the language ideologies and their impact on the educational experiences of young (15–24 years old) Puerto Rican Spanish speakers in Hampden County, Massachusetts, which has one of the highest populations of Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States. In some districts, Latinx students make up nearly 80% of the student body. Findings reveal that deficit identities and the devaluation of linguistic capital persist for many of these students impacting how they perceive school settings. However, these youths are actively challenging these ideologies and reclaiming their linguistic capital through various affective strategies.

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语言歧视和抵抗：波多黎各青年语言意识形态


语言是学生文化和身份的基本组成部分，对他们的学术经历产生重大影响。少数族裔学生经常因规定性意识形态或对其语言能力的缺陷看法而面临语言歧视。尤其是拉丁裔学生，可能会遇到破坏他们双语能力的负面意识形态，将他们描绘成不会说英语或西班牙语。本研究探讨了马萨诸塞州汉普顿县讲西班牙语的年轻（15-24 岁）波多黎各人的语言意识形态及其对教育经历的影响，该县是美国大陆波多黎各人人口最多的县之一。在一些地区，拉丁裔学生占学生总数的近 80%。研究结果表明，这些学生中的许多人仍然存在赤字身份和语言资本贬值，这影响了他们对学校环境的看法。然而，这些年轻人正在积极挑战这些意识形态，并通过各种情感策略夺回他们的语言资本。