Puerto Rican Spanish, Reggaetón Style! the (Socio)Linguistics of Urban Music.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valentín-Márquez, Wilfredo.

Contributor:

Maymí González, Cristina Isabel.

Powell, Derrek.

Series:

Series in Language and Linguistics; Bridging Languages and Scholarship Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Identity (Psychology) and mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, DE : Vernon Art and Science Inc., 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the intersection of Puerto Rican Spanish and reggaetón, a popular urban music genre. Edited by a team of scholars, it examines linguistic aspects, including phonological variations, lexicon, and stylistic features such as sibilants, liquid consonants, and lambdacism in reggaetón. Additionally, the book delves into identity performance in reggaetón, analyzing how race, gender, and cultural stereotypes are represented and challenged within the genre. It also investigates language change driven by reggaetón and its influence on the evolution of Puerto Rican Spanish. Aimed at linguists, cultural researchers, and enthusiasts of reggaetón, the book provides a compelling interdisciplinary study of language, music, and identity, showcasing the cultural significance of reggaetón in the Hispanic Caribbean and its diaspora. Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9798881902148

OCLC:

1507697144