Download or read book Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish written by Ana M. Carvalho and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much recent scholarship has sought to identify the linguistic and social factors that favor the expression or omission of subject pronouns in Spanish. This volume brings together leading experts on the topic of language variation in Spanish to provide a panoramic view of research trends, develop probabilistic models of grammar, and investigate the impact of language contact on pronoun expression. The book consists of three sections. The first studies the distributional patterns and conditioning forces on subject pronoun expression in four monolingual varieties—Dominican, Colombian, Mexican, and Peninsular—and makes cross-dialectal comparisons. In the second section, experts explore Spanish in contact with English, Maya, Catalan, and Portuguese to determine the extent to which each language influences this syntactic variable. The final section examines the acquisition of variable subject pronoun expression among monolingual and bilingual children as well as adult second language learners.

Download or read book Subject Pronoun Expression in the Spoken Spanish of Four Spanish English Bilingual Children in a Los Angeles Community written by George Demuyakor and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Subject Pronoun Expression in Puerto Rican Spanish written by Bárbara Iris Avila-Jiménez and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparison of Subject Pronoun Expression in the Spanish of a Native Mexican and a Mexican American Speaker written by Cristian López and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish written by Ana M. Carvalho and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much recent scholarship has sought to identify the linguistic and social factors that favor the expression or omission of subject pronouns in Spanish. This volume brings together leading experts on the topic of language variation in Spanish to provide a panoramic view of research trends, develop probabilistic models of grammar, and investigate the impact of language contact on pronoun expression. The book consists of three sections. The first studies the distributional patterns and conditioning forces on subject pronoun expression in four monolingual varieties—Dominican, Colombian, Mexican, and Peninsular—and makes cross-dialectal comparisons. In the second section, experts explore Spanish in contact with English, Maya, Catalan, and Portuguese to determine the extent to which each language influences this syntactic variable. The final section examines the acquisition of variable subject pronoun expression among monolingual and bilingual children as well as adult second language learners.

Download or read book First and Second person Singular Subject Pronoun Expression in Dominican Spanish written by Christopher Champi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present dissertation analyzes first- and second-person singular subject pronoun expression in Dominican Spanish in adult-to-adult, caregiver, and child speech. Overall, despite the high rates of subject pronoun expression seen in this variety, the conditioning factors that govern subject pronoun expression in all dialects are found to be operative in Dominican Spanish. In addition, children were found to have acquired several of the constraints that govern first- and second-person singular subject pronoun expression in adult-to-adult speech. However, caregivers pronoun expression was shown to not be constrained by certain factors while others showed different patterns in comparison to adult-to-adult speech.First, adult-to-adult Dominican Spanish displays many of the same constraints on subject pronoun expression found in other varieties. However, the well-known effect of verb class operates differently in this variety. Nevertheless, when analyzing the most frequent verbs found in each category, several verb-particular constructions showing distinct patterns are revealed. Additionally, turn position in first-person singular pronoun expression shows more broad effects than what has been found for other varieties such that it is operative with all verb classes. Moreover, certain factors found to condition first-person singular pronoun expression do not extend to second-person singular pronoun expression, which suggests that pronouns of different grammatical person/number pattern in distinct ways. Nevertheless, Dominican Spanish does show slight differences in how and in which contexts certain conditioning factors operate, which are thought to be more revealing in determining dialectal differences than overall rates.With respect to child speech, the children showed to have already acquired many of the adult-like factors that constrain pronoun use in adult-to-adult speech. However, the well-known switch referent constraint was found to be inoperative in first-person singular pronoun expression in child speech. Despite this, a second measure of switch reference, that of intervening human subjects, did contribute to childrens first-person singular pronoun expression. Thus, the data presented here suggest this well-known constraint is acquired on the basis of the presence or absence of intervening human subjects between coreferential mentions. Outside of the result for switch reference, children showed to closely follow the patterns seen in caregivers, showing they are sensitive to the frequency and distributional patterns found in their input. Similarly, children produced adult-like usage patterns with certain lexically-specific constructions found in their input, demonstrating that these community-based items are an important locus of childrens acquisition of the dialect to which they are exposed.Finally, caregivers showed some differences with respect to which constraints are operative in their use of first-person singular subject pronouns in comparison to adult-to-adult speech. In particular, the constraint of turn position, while operative in adult-to-adult speech, does not significantly constrain caregivers first-person singular subject pronoun expression. Further analysis revealed this is due to the nature of child-caregiver interaction such that caregivers frequently refer to their children in order to hand the floor over to them and develop subsequent discourse. In fact, caregivers use of second person singular forms in child-caregiver interaction greatly exceeded their use of the same forms in their adult-to-adult interactions. This, together with their infrequent use of first-person singular forms, impedes a turn-position effect from emerging. Caregivers also showed to favor second-person singular pronoun expression with Wh-questions in the speech to their children, which differs from the pattern found in adult-to-adult speech with these same elements. Overall, the results show that caregivers adjust certain aspects of their speech when interacting with their children while at the same time they provide adult-like usage patterns for certain community-based lexically-specific constructions.

Download or read book A Diachronic Variationist Approach to the Study of Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish written by Miguel Ramos Riquelme and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present dissertation examines first-person singular (1sg) subject pronoun expressionthe alternation between yo I and the unexpressed variant based on data (N=6,450) drawn from 13th- 20th century Spanish literary texts. Our results reveal no increase in expression rates over time and that, in general, the linguistic conditioning of variable 1sg subject expression has largely remained constant over time.First, effects of subject continuity are found, with pronominal expression disfavored in contexts of continuity (more accessible referents) and favored in discontinuous contexts (less accessible referents). Three measures of subject continuityswitch reference, human switch reference, and distanceare shown to be applicable. However, subtle signs of change arise by comparing their applicability over time. In particular, the measure of distance from the previous mention of the same referent in the preceding discourse shows a graded effect: as distance increases, assessed in the number of intervening clauses, so progressively does use of pronoun yo. Interestingly, evidence suggests that the graded effect of distance may be developing over time into a more local effect of switch reference with respect to the immediately preceding clause, with pronominal expression especially favored when the subject of the intervening clause has a specific, human referent. Further, the results of this study support the view that an approach merely focused on verb form ambiguity does not provide conclusive answers regarding tense effects on subject expression. Although I found a general favoring effect of morphologically ambiguous verb tenses (with syncretism between first and third person), this is only marginal in contexts of subject continuity. Thus, a synergetic dynamic operates between ambiguity in verb morphology and switch reference: ambiguous verb forms significantly increase subject expression with discontinuous referents. In addition, a mechanical priming effect is shown to be present in all the periods. Thus, the presence of a 1sg pronominal subject enhances the likelihood that the subsequent 1sg coreferential subject is also pronominal. Conversely, when the previous coreferential subject is unexpressed, the likelihood of subject expression diminishes, favoring a subsequent unexpressed 1sg subject.Finally, the widely reported effect of cognition verbs, strongly favoring 1sg subject expression in present day varieties, is absent in these data. A usage-based construction grammar approach allows analysis that considers particular lexical items and forms, which reveals the role of prefabs in explaining idiosyncratic usage patterns of yo with specific verb forms and their impact on broad categories (semantic classes). This analysis provides evidence that the cognition verb forms creo and s have undergone changes that can explain present-day usage patterns. The use of yo I with creo think, originally believe, has increased steadily across time as its meaning has bleached. In parallel, increasing grammaticalization of s I know with a complement clause is observed. The diachronic patterns suggest that the [yo + cognition verb] construction emerged gradually and was consolidated fairly recently. In sum, where change is observed is in particular expressions, while general discourse-cognitive effects on subject expression have been operative since very early in the history of our language.

Download or read book The Effects of Three Variables on the Frequency of Subject Pronoun Expression in a Sample of Spoken Dominican Spanish written by Earl K. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Null Vs Overt Subject Pronoun Expression in Monolingual Spanish speaking Children written by Naomi Lapidus Shin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bilingualism in the Community written by Rena Torres Cacoullos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of bilinguals' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.

Download or read book Subject Personal Pronouns in Spanish Narratives of Puerto Ricans in New York City written by Nydia Flores-Ferrán and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemporary Trends in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics written by Jonathan E. MacDonald and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Trends in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics offers a panorama of current research into multiple varieties of Spanish from several different regions (Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Costa Rica, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras), Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese, as well as varieties in contact with English and Purépecha. The first part of the volume focuses on the structural aspects and use of these languages in the areas of syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, diachrony, phonetics, phonology and morphology. The second part discusses the effect of interacting multiple grammars, namely, first language acquisition, second language acquisition, varieties in contact, and bilingualism. As a whole, the contributions in this volume provide a methodological balance between qualitative and quantitative approaches to Language and, in this way, represent contemporary trends in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics.

Download or read book Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Acquisition across the Lifespan written by Anna Ghimenton and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a broad coverage of the intersection of sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition. Favoured by the current scientific context where interdisciplinarity is particularly encouraged, the chapters bring to light the complementarity between the social and cognitive approaches to language acquisition. The book integrates sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic issues by bringing together scholars who have been developing conceptions of language acquisition across the lifespan that take into account language-internal and cross-linguistic variation in contexts of both first and second language acquisition as well as of first and second dialect acquisition. The volume brings together theoretical and empirical research and provides an excellent basis for scholars and students wanting to delve into the social and cognitive dimensions of both the production and perception of sociolinguistic variation. The book enables the reader to understand, on the one hand, how variation is acquired in childhood or at a later stage and, on the other, how perception and production feed into one another, thus building up our understanding of the social meanings underpinning language variation.

Download or read book Romance Linguistics 2008 written by Karlos Arregi and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session

Download or read book Cuban Spanish Dialectology written by Alejandro Cuza and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the significant presence of Cuban immigrants in the United States, current research on Cuban Spanish linguistics remains underexplored. This volume addresses this lacuna in Cuba Spanish research by providing a state-of-the-art collection of articles from a range of theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas, including phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and heritage language acquisition. Given increasing interest in Cuban Spanish among graduate students and faculty, this volume is a timely and highly relevant contribution to Hispanic linguistics and Cuban Spanish dialectology in particular.

Download or read book Spanish in the United States written by Scott M. Alvord and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish in the United States: Attitudes and Variation is a collection of new, cutting-edge research with the purpose of providing scholars interested in Spanish as it is spoken by bilinguals living in the United States a current view of the state of the discipline. This volume is broad and inclusive of the populations studied, methodologies used, and approaches to the linguistic study of Spanish in order to provide scholars with an up-to-date understanding of the complexities of the Spanish(es) spoken in the United States. In addition to this snapshot, this volume stimulates new areas of inquiry and motivates new ways of analyzing the social, linguistic, and educational aspects of what it means to speak Spanish in the United States.

Download or read book Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis written by Sandro Sessarego and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the current state of Spanish sociolinguistics and its contribution to theories of language variation and change, from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. It offers original analyses on a variety of topics across a wide spectrum of linguistic subfields from different formal, experimental, and corpus-based standpoints. The volume is organized around six thematic sections: (i) Cutting-edge Methodologies in Sociolinguistics; (ii) Bilingualism; (iii) Language Acquisition; (iv) Phonological Variation; (v) Morpho-Syntactic Variation; and (vi) Lexical Variation. As a whole, this collection reflects an array of approaches and analyses that show how in its variation across speakers, speech communities, linguistic contexts, communicative situations, dialects, and time, the Spanish language provides an immense wealth of data to challenge accepted linguistic views and shape new theoretical proposals in the field of language variation and change. Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis represents a significant contribution to the growing field of Spanish sociolinguistics.