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OverviewDialects from Tropical Islands: Caribbean Spanish in the United States provides a comprehensive account of current research on Caribbean Spanish in the United States from different theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas. This edited volume highlights current scholarship and linguistic analyses in four major areas relative to Caribbean Spanish in the United States: phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and heritage-language acquisition. This volume will be of interest to linguists and philologists who specialize in Spanish, Caribbean Spanish, Spanish in the United States, or in Romance languages in general. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wilfredo Valentin-Marquez (Millersville University, USA) , Melvin Gonzalez-Rivera (University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138069756ISBN 10: 1138069752 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 28 October 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction Wilfredo Valentín-Márquez & Melvin González-Rivera Section 1. Phonetics and Phonology Rhotic Realizations of the Puerto Rican Community in Western Massachusetts and Puerto Rico Alba Arias Differences in the Use of /l/ and /r/ in Two Communities of Puerto Rican Spanish Speakers in the United States Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia Laterals in Contact: Miami-Cuban Spanish and English /l/ Brandon M. A. Rogers & Scott M. Alvord Se comen la [s] pero a veces son muy fisnos: Observations on Coda Sibilant Elision, Retention, and Insertion in Popular Dominican(-American) Spanish Almeida Jacqueline Toribio & Aris Moreno Clemons The Sociolinguistic Distribution of Puerto Rican Spanish /r/ in Grand Rapids, Michigan Wilfredo Valentín-Márquez Section 2. Morphology and Syntax Explaining Pronominal Subject Placement Variation across Two Generations of Caribbean Spanish Speakers in New York City Carolina Barrera-Tobón & Rocío Raña Risso The Effect of Person on the Subject Expression of Spanish Heritage Speakers Ana de Prada Pérez & Inmaculada Gómez Soler Section 3. Sociolinguistic Perspectives Evidence of Creolized English Grammar in the Spanish of Dominicans on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Daniel S. D’Arpa Puerto Rican Evaluations of Varieties of Spanish Eva-María Suárez Büdenbender Aquí no se cogen las guaguas: Language and Puerto Rican Identity in San Diego Ana Celia Zentella Caribbean Spanish Influenced by African-American English: U.S. Afro-Spanish Language and the New U.S. Caribeño Identity Teresa Satterfield & José R. Benkí, Jr. IndexReviewsAuthor InformationWilfredo Valentín-Márquez is an assistant professor of Spanish at Millersville University. Melvin González-Rivera is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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