Book
Sociolinguistic Approaches to Sibilant Variation in Spanish
(2021)
Abstract
Social processes and the nature of language variation have driven sibilant variation across the Spanish-speaking world. This book explores the current state of Spanish sibilants and their dialectal variations.
Focusing on different processes undergone by sibilants in Spanish (e.g., voicing, devoicing, weakening, aspiration, elision) in various geographical areas and language contact situations, each chapter offers an analysis on a unique sociolinguistic case from different formal, experimental, and data-based approaches. The opening chapter orients the reader with an overview of sibilant system’s evolution, which serves as an anchor to the other chapters and facilitates understanding for readers new to the topic. The volume is organized around three thematic sections: part one, Spain; part two, United States; and part three, Central and South America. The collection includes research on dialects in both Peninsular and Trans-Atlantic Spanish such as Jerezano, Caribbean Spanish in Boston and New York City, Cuban Spanish in Miami, Colombia-Barranquilla Spanish, northern Buenos Aires Argentine Spanish, and USA heritage Spanish, among other case studies.
Keywords
- sibilants,
- voicing,
- elision,
- aspiration,
- weakening,
- Spanish
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April 28, 2021
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9780367722203
Citation Information
Eva Núñez-Méndez. Sociolinguistic Approaches to Sibilant Variation in Spanish. London(2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eva_nunez-mendez/48/