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Ana Celia Zentella, Lang Visiting Professor of Social Change, is a recognized leader in building appreciation for language diversity and respect for language rights. Her research shows that fluency in Spanish and English, the most visible cultural marker of the identity of students who have spent years living and studying on both sides of the US-Mexico border (transfronterizos), is both a product and facilitator of their frequent trips between San Diego and Tijuana. Interviews in Spanish and English with eighty transfronterizo college students indicate that, despite their proficient bilingualism, their linguistic capital may not translate into expected rewards as they struggle with language and identity conflicts. In particular, intra-sentential code switching, or Spanglish, is frowned upon, because that way of speaking is identified with el hablar mocho de los pochos [‘chopped up Mexican American speech’]. Nevertheless, the obstacles transfronterizos encounter in ESL programs, criticisms of their Spanish by Mexican citizens, feelings of shame about their Spanish-accented English, and heightened English-only fervor in the state and nation may undermine their avowed commitment to Spanish. Her research has led her to argue that interrupting the reproduction of linguistic and educational inequality requires educational and governmental language policies in the USA and Mexico that build on the principles of an anthro-political linguistics.

World-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky talks language, politics and culture in this conversation with journalist Larry Bensky.

The Conservative Political Network's Special Investigative Journalist Tom Brush interviews the colorful CLIF HIGH, author of the electronic journal The Shape of Things To Come, and founder of the website HalfPastHuman.com. Please visit that website for more details. Clif High is noted for developing the system of techniques employed in the ALTA (Asymmetric Linguistic Trend Analysis) Reports. Please stay tuned for more, hopefully with Clif High, in the near future. Visit our stores at Shop.TeaPartyLive.tv and CPNLive.com/food and browse through our selection of interesting products and offers, this is how we keep our channel running. And we always welcome your comments and feedback at ConservativePoliticalNetwork@Gmail.com.

Anthropologist Barbara Macleod says that studying the ancient Maya language offers a unique window into the past. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for "Cracking the Maya Code" is provided by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional funding provided by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0407101. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more on translating ancient Maya, visit us online at pbs.org/nova/mayacode

In this podcast, hear about about Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's language studies with bonobos, a primate closely related to humans. Interview conducted by Rima Chaddha. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on bonobos and what they might teach us about ourselves, visit www.pbs.org/nova/bonobos