LINGUIST List 17.3563

Fri Dec 01 2006

Books: Sociolinguistics/Syntax: Flores-Ferrán

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, Subject personal pronouns in Spanish Narratives of Puerto Ricans in New York City: Flores-Ferrán
Message 1: Subject personal pronouns in Spanish Narratives of Puerto Ricans in New York City: Flores-Ferrán
Date: 13-Nov-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Subject personal pronouns in Spanish Narratives of Puerto Ricans in New York City: Flores-Ferrán


Title: Subject personal pronouns in Spanish Narratives of Puerto Ricans
in New York City Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Sociolinguistics 02 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Nydia Flores-Ferrán Paperback: ISBN: 3895863025 Pages: 150 Price: Europe EURO 52.00
Abstract:

The variable use subject personal pronouns (SPPs) in Spanish has beenstudied in Peninsular dialects, U.S. Spanish, Latin America and PuertoRico. This study investigates the phenomenon in a new speech community:Puerto Rican residents of New York City (NYC). The main linguistic factorsthat were found to affect the use of SPPs are: The form used in a previousmention of the verb's subject, the distance to last mention of the verb'ssubject, and switch reference. Other factors discussed: the verb's TMA,person and number, and phrases of habitual collocation.

A new sociolinguistic finding is discussed. A cluster effect was found inthe use of overt and null forms, a pragmatic device used to maintainprotagonists in the narratives in the open and on the table.The external factors investigated are narrative style, age, gender, andexposure to NYC, indirectly related to contact with English.A new finding with regard to conflict narrative suggests that conflictconditions the use of SPP, and that singular pronouns are favored in thisenvironment.

This study sheds new light regarding the effects of English contact. TheNYC native-born Puerto Rican had a stronger tendency to use more overt SPPsthan other NYC residents. However, while exposure to NYC may be indirectlyassociated to English contact, several contradictions argue against anEnglish contact hypothesis.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Written In: English (eng )

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