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“Trabajar es en español, en ladino es lavorar”

Lexical Accommodation in Judeo-Spanish

Abstract

This study analyzes lexical accommodation in Judeo-Spanish (JS) to model Peninsular and Latin American (PLA) Spanish varieties. Data were obtained through sociolinguistic interviews, including an oral translation task, conducted in Istanbul, the Prince Islands, and New York City. Although accommodation appears higher in those lexical items that involve phonological adaptation, such as changing a JS palatal to a PLA velar ([mu.ˈʒer] → [mu.ˈxer]), accommodation by lemma replacement is also a widely-used strategy (JS merkar → PLA comprar). Most of these lemmas appear in all three communities, and a statistical analysis demonstrated that accommodation is higher among speakers 60 years of age and younger. Also, New York City presents the highest percentages of accommodation, probably due to constant contact with other Hispanic and PLA Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Additional sources and motivations for accommodation include having relatives in Spanish-speaking areas, language attitudes, and professional marketability in a globalized economy.

Abstract

This study analyzes lexical accommodation in Judeo-Spanish (JS) to model Peninsular and Latin American (PLA) Spanish varieties. Data were obtained through sociolinguistic interviews, including an oral translation task, conducted in Istanbul, the Prince Islands, and New York City. Although accommodation appears higher in those lexical items that involve phonological adaptation, such as changing a JS palatal to a PLA velar ([mu.ˈʒer] → [mu.ˈxer]), accommodation by lemma replacement is also a widely-used strategy (JS merkar → PLA comprar). Most of these lemmas appear in all three communities, and a statistical analysis demonstrated that accommodation is higher among speakers 60 years of age and younger. Also, New York City presents the highest percentages of accommodation, probably due to constant contact with other Hispanic and PLA Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Additional sources and motivations for accommodation include having relatives in Spanish-speaking areas, language attitudes, and professional marketability in a globalized economy.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part I. Cutting-edge Methodologies in Sociolinguistics
  6. Quantitative analysis in language variation and change 3
  7. Combining population genetics (DNA) with historical linguistics 33
  8. Part II. Bilingualism
  9. Los Angeles Vernacular Spanish 91
  10. On the tenacity of Andean Spanish 109
  11. Spanish and Valencian in contact 135
  12. Part III. Language Acquisition
  13. Children’s Spanish subject pronoun expression 157
  14. The role of social networks in the acquisition of a dialectal features during study abroad 177
  15. Lexical frequency and subject expression in native and non-native Spanish 197
  16. Part IV. Phonological Variation
  17. On glottal stops in Yucatan Spanish 219
  18. Vowel raising and social networks in Michoacán 241
  19. Bilingualism and aspiration 261
  20. Part V. Morpho-Syntactic Variation
  21. Spanish and Portuguese parallels 285
  22. The tuteo of Rocha, Uruguay 305
  23. A corpus-based sociolinguistic study of contact-induced changes in subject placement in the Spanish of New York City bilinguals 323
  24. Part VI. Lexical Variation
  25. Social factors in semantic change 345
  26. Attitudes towards lexical Arabisms in sixteenth-century Spanish texts 363
  27. “Trabajar es en español, en ladino es lavorar” 381
  28. Index 401
Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.8.17rom

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part I. Cutting-edge Methodologies in Sociolinguistics
  6. Quantitative analysis in language variation and change 3
  7. Combining population genetics (DNA) with historical linguistics 33
  8. Part II. Bilingualism
  9. Los Angeles Vernacular Spanish 91
  10. On the tenacity of Andean Spanish 109
  11. Spanish and Valencian in contact 135
  12. Part III. Language Acquisition
  13. Children’s Spanish subject pronoun expression 157
  14. The role of social networks in the acquisition of a dialectal features during study abroad 177
  15. Lexical frequency and subject expression in native and non-native Spanish 197
  16. Part IV. Phonological Variation
  17. On glottal stops in Yucatan Spanish 219
  18. Vowel raising and social networks in Michoacán 241
  19. Bilingualism and aspiration 261
  20. Part V. Morpho-Syntactic Variation
  21. Spanish and Portuguese parallels 285
  22. The tuteo of Rocha, Uruguay 305
  23. A corpus-based sociolinguistic study of contact-induced changes in subject placement in the Spanish of New York City bilinguals 323
  24. Part VI. Lexical Variation
  25. Social factors in semantic change 345
  26. Attitudes towards lexical Arabisms in sixteenth-century Spanish texts 363
  27. “Trabajar es en español, en ladino es lavorar” 381
  28. Index 401
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