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Chapter 9. Attitudes toward morphosyntactic variation in the Spanish of Valencian speakers

  • Rosa María Piqueres Gilabert and Matthew Fuss
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Language Variation and Contact-Induced Change
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Abstract

Blas Arroyo (1991, 1993, 1999, 2011) and González Martínez & Blas Arroyo (2011) identified degrees of variation in the morphosyntax of the Spanish of Valencia. Blas Arroyo (1993) observed variation in the use of locative prepositions a/en “at/in”, partitive de “of” and expletive que “that” in interrogative sentences. This paper describes how these variables are evaluated, using the matched-guise technique (Lambert et al. 1960). Four Valencian guise speakers from Castellón pronounced 12 sentences containing these three variables. A matched-guise test was completed to determine the attitudes of 31 Valencian-Spanish bilinguals toward the variation in these patterns. Results reveal a significant difference in the socioeconomic status evaluation for locative a/en, while all non-standard variants share positive evaluations for the personal attractiveness sphere. There is no gender or quality voice effect, which reinforces the validity of this instrument. Findings are discussed to understand the meaning of morphosyntactic variation in Castellón.

Abstract

Blas Arroyo (1991, 1993, 1999, 2011) and González Martínez & Blas Arroyo (2011) identified degrees of variation in the morphosyntax of the Spanish of Valencia. Blas Arroyo (1993) observed variation in the use of locative prepositions a/en “at/in”, partitive de “of” and expletive que “that” in interrogative sentences. This paper describes how these variables are evaluated, using the matched-guise technique (Lambert et al. 1960). Four Valencian guise speakers from Castellón pronounced 12 sentences containing these three variables. A matched-guise test was completed to determine the attitudes of 31 Valencian-Spanish bilinguals toward the variation in these patterns. Results reveal a significant difference in the socioeconomic status evaluation for locative a/en, while all non-standard variants share positive evaluations for the personal attractiveness sphere. There is no gender or quality voice effect, which reinforces the validity of this instrument. Findings are discussed to understand the meaning of morphosyntactic variation in Castellón.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Population migration and contact-induced language change
  5. Chapter 1. Spatial reconfigurations of Spanish in postmodernity 11
  6. Chapter 2. Female migration and its impact on language choice and use among Afro-Costa Rican women 35
  7. Chapter 3. Hard come, easy go 63
  8. Part II. Internal and external factors in pragmatic variation
  9. Chapter 4. Afro-Hispanic contact varieties at the syntax/pragmatics interface 85
  10. Chapter 5. Borrowed Spanish discourse markers in narrative 111
  11. Chapter 6. Hasta perder la última gota de mi sangre 127
  12. Chapter 7. Discourse markers in variation 153
  13. Part III. Morphosyntactic variation and change
  14. Chapter 8. Yo no le conocí a mi abuela 175
  15. Chapter 9. Attitudes toward morphosyntactic variation in the Spanish of Valencian speakers 199
  16. Chapter 10. Stable variation or change in progress? A sociolinguistic analysis of pa(ra) in the Spanish of Venezuela 223
  17. Part IV. Current issues in bilingual variation
  18. Chapter 11. El futuro es perifrástico 249
  19. Chapter 12. L2 Spanish in the U.S. and the question of motivation 279
  20. Chapter 13. Espero estén todos 299
  21. Index 335
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.340.10piq

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Population migration and contact-induced language change
  5. Chapter 1. Spatial reconfigurations of Spanish in postmodernity 11
  6. Chapter 2. Female migration and its impact on language choice and use among Afro-Costa Rican women 35
  7. Chapter 3. Hard come, easy go 63
  8. Part II. Internal and external factors in pragmatic variation
  9. Chapter 4. Afro-Hispanic contact varieties at the syntax/pragmatics interface 85
  10. Chapter 5. Borrowed Spanish discourse markers in narrative 111
  11. Chapter 6. Hasta perder la última gota de mi sangre 127
  12. Chapter 7. Discourse markers in variation 153
  13. Part III. Morphosyntactic variation and change
  14. Chapter 8. Yo no le conocí a mi abuela 175
  15. Chapter 9. Attitudes toward morphosyntactic variation in the Spanish of Valencian speakers 199
  16. Chapter 10. Stable variation or change in progress? A sociolinguistic analysis of pa(ra) in the Spanish of Venezuela 223
  17. Part IV. Current issues in bilingual variation
  18. Chapter 11. El futuro es perifrástico 249
  19. Chapter 12. L2 Spanish in the U.S. and the question of motivation 279
  20. Chapter 13. Espero estén todos 299
  21. Index 335
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