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In:Language Variation and Contact-Induced Change: Spanish across space and time
Edited by Jeremy King and Sandro Sessarego
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 340] 2018
► pp. 175–198

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Chapter 8
Yo no le conocí a mi abuela

The use of clitics le, lo, and la in Amazonian Colombian Spanish

Published online: 13 March 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.340.09ram
Abstract
This paper treats the use of third-person pronominal objects le, lo and la in Amazonian Colombian Spanish. Pronoun selection was analyzed in relation to linguistic variables (case and grammatical gender of the co-referent), extra-linguistic variables concerning the speakers (age, gender and occupation) and a geographic variable (municipality). Results show that only linguistic variables have a significant effect on pronoun selection. In particular, we observe a significant interaction of case with grammatical gender, indicating a greater proportion of leísmo for feminine co-referents than for masculine co-referents. These findings contribute to understanding Spanish third-person pronominal objects in language contact, with additional insights about competition and second language learning strategies.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Context
    • 1.2Concepts and definitions
    • 1.3 Mufwene’s competition model
    • 1.4Languages in contact and the role of second language acquisition
  • 2. The present study
  • 3.Methods
    • 3.1 Fieldwork
    • 3.2Population and sample
    • 3.3Corpus
    • 3.4Data analysis
  • 4.Results
    • 4.1Statistical analysis
    • 4.2Pronoun selection among the levels of case across word gender
  • 5.Discussion
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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