Early Latino studies approaches to Spanish in the U.S. -- Linguistic anthropology -- Nativist anti-immigrant discourses -- New directions in understanding the role of Spanish and English in Latino lives -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Spanish and identity among Latin@s in the U.S. -- Introduction -- Critical issues and topics -- Investment and imagined communities -- Language and identity in specific contexts -- Future directions and recommendations -- Notes -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Spanish as a heritage language and the negotiation of race -- Introduction -- What is race? -- Modern-day U.S. Latina/o racial self-identification -- Race and language among U.S. Latina/os -- Critical issues -- Recommendations for practice -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Further reading -- References -- Chapter 9: Queering Spanish as a heritage language -- Introduction -- Queer Latinxs, language, and identity -- Heteronormativity in SHL textbooks and materials -- Data and analysis -- Challenges of "inclusion"--Queering the SHL environment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Linguistic studies -- Chapter 10: Morphology, syntax, and semantics in Spanish as a heritage language -- Introduction -- Inflectional morphology -- Morphosyntax-semantics-pragmatics interface -- Complex syntax -- On the nature of grammatical development -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 11: Heritage Spanish phonetics and phonology -- Introduction -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Prosody -- Future research considerations -- Conclusions -- Note -- Further reading -- References -- Chapter 12: The lexicon of Spanish heritage language speakers -- Introduction -- The notion of vocabulary and its dimensions: some key issues -- Vocabulary research with heritage Spanish speakers -- Further reading -- References -- Chapter 13: Heritage Spanish pragmatics -- Introduction