Edited by Karen Dakin, Claudia Parodi and Natalie Operstein
Language-contact phenomena in Mesoamerica and adjacent regions present an exciting field for research that has the potential to significantly contribute to our understanding of language contact and the role that it plays in language change. This volume presents and analyzes fresh empirical data… read more
This paper shows that the phonetic shape of the Spanish loanwords in the Amerindian languages of Mesoamerica is precious evidence that proves that different variants of Spanish were spoken in the Americas at the beginning of the conquest. Such variants are Andalusian Spanish, Old Castilian Spanish… read more
Our goal in this chapter is to test the perception of a typology of nonstandard Spanish features and Salvadoran lexical items among speakers of Los Angeles Vernacular Spanish (LAVS), a variant of Mexican Spanish used by the predominant Spanish-speaking speech community in Los Angeles. We… read more
