Hispanic linguistics at the crossroads : theoretical linguistics, language acquisition and language contact : proceedings of the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2013 / edited by Rachel Klassen, Juana M. Liceras, Elena Valenzuela.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Klassen, Rachel, editor.

Liceras, Juana M., editor.

Valenzuela, Elena, editor.

Conference Name:

Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (17th : 2013 : University of Ottawa)

Hispanic Linguistics Symposium.

Series:

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics ; Volume 4.

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (IHLL), 2213-3887 ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Congresses.

Spanish language.

Languages in contact--Congresses.

Languages in contact.

Language acquisition--Congresses.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies have uncovered several non-standard trill realizations besides the multiple alveolar trill in different Spanish varieties (Lewis, 2004; Colantoni, 2006a; Willis, 2006; Díaz-Campos, 2008; among others). The present study adds to this body of literature by using variationist methods to analyze trill production in Panamanian Spanish. The sample consists of 608 tokens analyzed acoustically in Praat. Subsequently, multivariate analyses are carried out in Rbrul (Johnson, 2009). The acoustic analysis reveals eight variants, of which the most frequent is the normative trill with two or more oc

Contents:

""Hispanic Linguistics at the Crossroads""; ""Editorial page""; ""Title page""; ""LCC data""; ""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Theoretical and descriptive approaches""; ""No superiority, no intervention effects""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Superiority and intervention effects""; ""2.1 Crosslinguistic evidence""; ""2.2 Superiority and intervention effects in Spanish""; ""3. Uniform approaches to superiority and intervention effects""; ""3.1 Pesetsky (2000)""; ""3.2 Cable (2010)""; ""4. The proposal""; ""4.1 Preliminary assumptions""; ""4.2 Spanish""

""5. Additional evidence: Separation structures in Spanish""""6. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Overt PRO in Romance""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Overt PRO in Romance""; ""2.1 Emphatic pronouns are real subjects in OC infinitives""; ""2.1.1 Emphatic pronouns are not licensed by long-distance agree""; ""2.1.2 Emphatic pronouns are not lower pronounced copies""; ""2.2 Overt subjects in NOC infinitives""; ""2.2.1 Pronouns versus R-expressions""; ""2.3 The restriction of overt subjects to the postverbal position""; ""3. PRO = pro""; ""4. The overt/covert alternation of subjects in control""

""4.1 Subjects, late insertion, and the syntax-pragmatics interface""""4.2 Pronouns versus lexical DPs: Why are they different?""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""The semantics and pragmatics of andar and venir + gerund""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Syntactic criteria""; ""3. Semantic properties of andar and venir + gerund""; ""3.1 Eventuality type restrictions""; ""3.2 Andar and venir + gerund as pluractionals""; ""3.3 Degree of frequency entailed by venir and andar + gerund""; ""4. Pragmatic properties of andar and venir + gerund""

""3. Perceptual interaction of VOT and onset f0 in stop consonant voicing""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027268600

9027268606

OCLC:

905419595