Forms of Address in the Spanish of the Americas

Editors

María Irene Moyna | Texas A&M University

Susana Rivera-Mills | Oregon State University

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In the growing field of address research, Spanish emerges as one of the most complex Indo European languages. Firstly, it presents second person variation in its nominal, pronominal, and verbal systems. Moreover, several Spanish varieties have more than two address variants, which compete and mix in intricate ways. Forms of Address in the Spanish of the Americas showcases current research into this unique linguistic situation, by presenting the original research of twelve scholars from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The articles cover diachronic change and regional variation, pragmatics, dialect contact, attitudes, and identity. The contributions are contextualized through an introduction and the responses of three established experts, while a conclusion delineates a research agenda for the future. This collection in English is meant to reach scholars beyond the confines of Hispanic linguistics. It should be of interest to Romance linguists and specialists on second person variation across languages.

[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 10] 2016. x, 352 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.10

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | pp. ix–x

Introduction: Addressing the research questions

María Irene Moyna | pp. 1–12

Section I: Diachronic change and regional variation

Voseo and tuteo, the countryside and the city: Voseo in Río de la Plata Spanish at the beginning of the 19th century

Virginia Bertolotti | pp. 15–34

Pragmatic forces in the evolution of voseo object pronouns from os to te in colonial Spanish

Ana Maria Diaz Collazos | pp. 35–62

Second person forms of address in New Mexican Spanish, 1687–1936

Israel Sanz-Sánchez | pp. 63–86

Sociolinguistic variation and change in Chilean voseo

Marcela Rivadeneira Valenzuela | pp. 87–118

Forms of address in historical and geographical context

Carlos Benavides | pp. 119–124

Section II: Pragmatics and dialect contact

Pragmatic variation in voseo and tuteo negative commands in Argentinian Spanish

Mary Johnson | pp. 127–148

Second person singular forms in Cali Colombian Spanish: Enhancing the envelope of variation

Gregory Newall | pp. 149–170

¿De dónde sos? Differences between Argentine and Salvadoran voseo to tuteo accommodation in the United States

Travis Sorenson | pp. 171–196

Use and perception of the pronominal trio vos, tú, usted in a Nicaraguan community in Miami, Florida*

Karen López Alonzo | pp. 197–232

Second person forms in social context

Claudia Parodi | pp. 233–240

Section III: Forms of address, attitudes and identity

The changing system of Costa Rican pronouns of address: Tuteo, voseo, and ustedeo

Jim Michnowicz, J. Scott Despain and Rebecca Gorham | pp. 243–266

Reconceptualizing identity and context in the deployment of forms of address

Chase Wesley Raymond | pp. 267–288

Making the case for increased prestige of the vernacular: Medellín’s voseo

Joseph R. Weyers | pp. 289–304

“Fijáte…sabes que le digo yo”: Salvadoran voseo and tuteo in Oregon*

Michael R. Woods and Naomi Shin | pp. 305–324

Forms of address and community identity

Bettina Kluge | pp. 325–334

Conclusion: Creating an ecology of forms of address: Building upon what we know

Susana Rivera-Mills | pp. 335–340

Index | pp. 341–352

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