Language and identity construction: Can we talk about a new Puerto Rican in the United States

Despite changes in the demography of Puerto Ricans living in the United States, the image of Puerto Ricans in this country continues to be that of the boricua from New York. For many decades this was the preferred destination of Puerto Ricans who settled in the United States and they became the largest Spanish-speaking group in this metropolitan area. The linguistic features of their speech