Otto Santa Ana
List of John Benjamins publications in which Otto Santa Ana is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1569-2159 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9862
Articles
2019 The senator’s discriminatory intent: Presenting probative legal evidence of unconstitutional verbal animus Language, Culture and Society 1:2, pp. 168–193 | Case report
This is a critical analysis of the discourse of an elected state official in the years leading up to the passage of arguably racist legislation. It was submitted to a U.S. court of law to support the plaintiffs’ claim that since the legislator publicly expressed racial bias against the groups of… read more
2017 Blood, Soil, and Tears: Conceptual Metaphor-based Critical Discourse Analysis of the Legal Debate on US Citizenship Journal of Language and Politics 16:2, pp. 149–175 | Article
The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizenship to every child born on US soil. While most Americans think this 150 year old formulation is permanent, it is actually open to change. We explore the legal debate over the current formulation of US citizenship. Using the research… read more
2005 Review of Fought (2003): Chicano English in Context English World-Wide 26:3, pp. 347–352 | Review