¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
Abstract
The present study aims to explore the linguistic attitudes towards the different regional varieties of Spanish in a group of college-educated native speakers of Spanish. A survey was conducted among participants from diverse Spanishspeaking countries who lived in the United States. The main goals of the study were, in the first place, to determine whether these individuals were able to spontaneously attribute more (or less) prestige to a specific Spanish variety over others. Second, I attempted to analyze the rationale - whether explicit or implicit - behind their choice of a certain variety as more (or less) prestigious. Finally, I examined the extent to which their linguistic attitudes were motivated (or not) by any sort of ethno-linguistic loyalty towards their own speech communities. The results of the study substantiate previous research carried out in this field, but also reveal unforeseen findings, especially in regards to the less prestigious varieties.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- CONTENTS
- RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
- ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
- Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
- Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
- BOOK REVIEWS
- Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
- STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
- Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
- VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
- Spanish Morphophonology
- Prosodia y pragmática
- The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
- Interfaces in Bilingualism
- DISSERTATION NOTICES
- Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- CONTENTS
- RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
- ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
- Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
- Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
- BOOK REVIEWS
- Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
- STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
- Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
- VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
- Spanish Morphophonology
- Prosodia y pragmática
- The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
- Interfaces in Bilingualism
- DISSERTATION NOTICES
- Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
