Contemporary Advances in Theoretical and Applied Spanish Linguistic Variation
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana
PART I: Historical Linguistics
1.1. HISTORICAL WRITTEN TEXTS FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
1.2. USING PRESENT-DAY LANGUAGES AS EVIDENCE FOR EARLIER LANGUAGE FORMS
3. Methodology
4.1. PHONOLOGY
4.1.2. Weakening versus Full Syncope of Post-Tonic Latin Vowels
4.2.1. Diminutive Suffix -(i)ello/-(i)ella
4.2.2. Infinitives in Pre-Inchoative Form That in Spanish Have Since Been Inchoativized
4.2.3. Multi-Syllabic First-Person Present Tense Indicative Form
4.2.4. Regularization or Weakening of Previous Latin Strong Verbs of the -ĔRE (Third) Conjugation
4.3. SYNTAX
4.3.2. Preservation of the Distinction between/ke/and/ka/
4.4. LEXICON
5. Final Remarks and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
PART II: Phonetics and Morphosyntax
1. Introduction
2.1. DEMOGRAPHICS AND LANGUAGE USE IN ELCHE
2.2. /s/ VOICING IN SPANISH AND CATALAN
2.3. RHOTACISM
3.1. PARTICIPANTS AND TASKS
3.2. DATA ANALYSIS
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Appendix: Participants
3. Pragmatic and Semantic Factors for the Resumption Strategy in Spanish Relative Clauses: Irene Checa-García
1. Resumptive Pronouns in Spanish Relative Clauses
2. Pragmatic Factors Affecting the Presence of a Resumptive Pronoun in Spanish Relative Clauses
3.1. DATA
3.2.1. Information Newness
3.2.2. Contrastiveness
3.2.3. Indirect Objects and Semantic Roles in Simple Clauses
4.1. OLD INFORMATION AND RESUMPTIVE ELEMENTS
4.2. CONTRASTIVENESS AND RESUMPTIVE ELEMENTS
5. Conclusions: The Weight of Pragmatics and Simple Clause Parallelism for Resumptive Elements’ Presence in Spanish Relative Clauses
1. Introduction
2. Previous Research of Por tanto and Por lo tanto
3. Subjectivity
4. Methodology
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusion
PART III: Linguistic Attitudes and Discourse Analysis
1. Introduction
2.1. (DE)QUEÍSMO
2.2. DIFFERENTIAL OBJECT MARKING (DOM) USE WITH INANIMATES
2.3. PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE IN PLACE OF IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
2.4. ATTITUDES
2.5. MATCHEDGUISE TECHNIQUE
3. Research Questions and Hypotheses
4.1. PARTICIPANTS
4.2. INSTRUMENT
4.3. ANALYSIS
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions and Further Research
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2.1. BETWEEN SYNTAX AND PRAGMATICS
2.2. VOCATIVES IN RPS
3.1. QUESTIONNAIRE
3.4. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
3.5. ATTITUDE INTERVIEWS
4.1. REPORTED USAGE SURVEY
4.2. ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRES
5. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Questionnaire items analyzed in this study
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
1. Introduction
1.1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2. Methodology
3.1. GENRE ANALYSIS
3.2. REGISTER ANALYSIS
4. Conclusions
PART IV: Variation in the Minimalist Program
1. Introduction
2. On the Nature of YS and Her “Sisters”
3. Subject-Verb (Dis)agreement in YS: Qualitative Findings
4. Data Collection and Quantitative Methodology
5. Statistical Results
6. Theoretical Assumptions on the Nature of Agreement and Default Values
7. Discussion: Applying the Theory to the Data
8. Conclusions
1. Introduction
2. Judeo-Spanish in Istanbul, the Prince Islands, and New York City
3. Phi-Features in Endangered Languages
4. Methodology
5. Results
6. Conclusion: “Dying with Morphological Boots on”
1. Introduction
1.1. THE ISSUE
1.2. PHASE THEORY
1.3. THE PROPOSAL
2. A Basic Structure for Experience Predicates
3. Eventive Experience Predicates
4. Case Alternation in Incorporating Predicates
5. Lack of Case Alternation in LVECs
5.1. STATIVE LVECS
5.2. EVENTIVE LVECS
6. Conclusions
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HISPANIC LINGUISTICS: Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach, Series Editor