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