<p>In this study a parallel is being drawn between the use of English loanwords in <em>Spanglish</em> in the United States, and the use of loanwords from Swedish –here called <em>Spanenska</em>- in oral communication between Hispanics in Sweden. Some Swedish loanwords, particularly those with an equivalent word in <em>Spanglish</em>, have been selected and used in a questionnaire where a group of Hispanics living in different municipalities in Sweden have stated the frequency these words are used. They have also provided personal information in order to identify possible variables that could influence the use of such words. The research shows, after a series of statistical analysis made in the Chi-square test, that the variable ‘language preference’ (reading, listening, speaking, writing) is the only one which has shown a clear statistical correlation with the index use of <em>Spanenska</em>. In other words, as the preference for using the Swedish language rises, the index use of <em>Spanenska</em> rises as well. Moreover, the most common reason for using <em>Spanenska</em> is, according to this group of Hispanics, it is easier to say the words in Swedish even though they exist in Spanish. The words used most frequently are those related to Swedish culture, such as "midsommar”. Ultimately, unlike what occurs in <em>Spanglish</em>, the women use <em>Spanenska</em> more than men do.</p>

In this study a parallel is being drawn between the use of English loanwords in Spanglish in the United States, and the use of loanwords from Swedish –here called Spanenska- in oral communication between Hispanics in Sweden. Some Swedish loanwords, particularly those with an equivalent word in Spanglish, have been selected and used in a questionnaire where a group of Hispanics living in different municipalities in Sweden have stated the frequency these words are used. They have also provided personal information in order to identify possible variables that could influence the use of such words. The research shows, after a series of statistical analysis made in the Chi-square test, that the variable ‘language preference’ (reading, listening, speaking, writing) is the only one which has shown a clear statistical correlation with the index use of Spanenska. In other words, as the preference for using the Swedish language rises, the index use of Spanenska rises as well. Moreover, the most common reason for using Spanenska is, according to this group of Hispanics, it is easier to say the words in Swedish even though they exist in Spanish. The words used most frequently are those related to Swedish culture, such as "midsommar”. Ultimately, unlike what occurs in Spanglish, the women use Spanenska more than men do.

This is a work done within the sociolinguistic field. The objective of this work was to describe Spanglish and Spanenska and how these language varieties arose. Which loanwords, code switching and calques are the most frequently used in Spanglish and in Spanenska. The aim has also been to look if there are any similarities or differences between the usage of Spanglish and Spanenska when the native language is changed into a bilingual language. If the words that are used in Spanglish have an equivalency in the words used in Spanenska.   Futhermore we have described how the usage of gramatical rules, lexical and functional words are practiced, to look if there are any similarities or differences and to find out if these similarities or differences affect the usage of Spanglish or Spanenska. We have also described the three different ways: code-switching, loanwords and calques which are used in Spanglish and Spanenska.

The object of this study is to investigate which tendencies there are in terms of the frequency of hispanication of Swedish verbs used by Spanish-speakers who live in Sweden. The emphasis is put on explaining the phenomena of hispanication, and the frequency in which it may occur. The study is based on an empirical corpus, and is carried out with a questionnaire. Verbs found in earlier studies, and with help from a Spanish-speaking professor at the Linneaus University of Växjö, have been used in the questionnaire where the Hispanics have been asked to state the frequency of their use of these verbs. The individuals taking part in the study have also been asked to provide personal information in order to obtain a better understanding of the frequency of the hispanication in comparison to their social-linguistic background and how they themselves evaluate their linguistic competence in both Swedish and Spanish. Comparisons are made between different groups, such as gender, age, linguistic competence and linguistic self-evaluation. To further understand the terms used in the study, which often appears in a linguistic context, the author has made a short explanation of the terms that are most frequently used. Many of the terms used cause great controversy and lots of problems among the ones who study linguistics, and therefore it was important in this study to clarify the meaning of these terms, such as loan word, code-switching and hispanication. The author comes to the conclusion that the tendency of the use of the verbs appearing in this short study generally shows no frequent use, although some verbs such as grilar, parkear and pasar show tendencies of a major use among the informants.