Joseph R. Weyers
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joseph R. Weyers plays a role.
2021 Vos and tú in the linguistic landscape: Attitudes toward their use in Medellín, Colombia Spanish in Context 18:2, pp. 218–236 | Article
Although vos is common in speech in Medellín, it is considered non-prestigious for writing (Agudelo Montoya et al. 2016). Nonetheless, vos is an important marker of local identity (Jang 2013) that increasingly appears in writing (Weyers 2016a). Its presence suggests a potential upward shift in… read more
2016 The tuteo of Rocha, Uruguay: Is it as stable as it seems? Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis, Sessarego, Sandro and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero (eds.), pp. 305–322 | Article
Although Uruguay is generally considered voseante, its easternmost department of Rocha is known for its seemingly stable tuteo (T-T). The evidence of a stable tuteo in Rocha to date has been anecdotal. Weyers (2014) studied teenagers’ attitudes toward second person singular forms and found that… read more
2016 Making the case for increased prestige of the vernacular: Medellín’s voseo Forms of Address in the Spanish of the Americas, Moyna, María Irene and Susana Rivera-Mills (eds.), pp. 289–304 | Article
Voseo is common in conversations in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, but it is not commonly prescribed for written venues. Currently, voseo appears to have a burgeoning presence, which appears to mark a shift from previous trends. This study focuses on the use of the vernacular voseo and prescriptive… read more
2013 Linguistic attitudes toward the tuteo and voseo in Montevideo, Uruguay Spanish in Context 10:2, pp. 175–198 | Article
This study reports on 431 surveys that were used to determine speakers’ attitudes toward the tuteo and voseo in Montevideo. It examines speakers’ attitudes toward: the use of tú; the use of vos in [+D] domains; speakers’ recognition of V–V, T–V, and T–T combinations; ti and vos in prepositional… read more
2013 Tuteo and voseo in the classroom: Linguistic attitudes among Montevidean educators Spanish in Context 10:3, pp. 371–389 | Article
This study is based on the results of an online survey of Montevidean educators on their attitude toward the tuteo and voseo in the classroom. Traditionally, tuteo was considered the only correct form of address for classroom use in Uruguay’s capital. The results of the 78 completed surveys, along… read more