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¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos

Published/Copyright: March 20, 2015
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Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
From the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Volume 4 Issue 1

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.

Published Online: 2015-3-20
Published in Print: 2011-3-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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  1. Front Matter
  2. CONTENTS
  3. RESEARCH ARTICLES
  4. Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
  5. ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
  6. Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
  7. Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
  8. BOOK REVIEWS
  9. Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
  10. STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
  11. Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
  12. VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
  13. Spanish Morphophonology
  14. Prosodia y pragmática
  15. The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
  16. Interfaces in Bilingualism
  17. DISSERTATION NOTICES
  18. Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2011-1090

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Front Matter
  2. CONTENTS
  3. RESEARCH ARTICLES
  4. Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
  5. ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
  6. Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
  7. Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
  8. BOOK REVIEWS
  9. Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
  10. STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
  11. Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
  12. VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
  13. Spanish Morphophonology
  14. Prosodia y pragmática
  15. The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
  16. Interfaces in Bilingualism
  17. DISSERTATION NOTICES
  18. Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
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