This paper describes the linguistic situation of pronominal clitics used as direct objects (DO) in two Spanish speech communities, Malaga and Madrid, which use, respectively, the etymological system and referential system, the two basic clitic systems that have been described for Spanish. The… read more
This article analyzes the differences and coincidences in the uses of the diminutive found in three varieties of Spanish. Based on the classification of the pragmatic functions of the diminutive by Reynoso (2003), and the analysis of 5355 cases of non-lexicalized diminutives, it may be observed… read more
Desde sus orígenes, la Sociolingüística se desarrolló como una disciplina empeñada no solo en constatar y describir la variación lingüística, sino también en explicar la razón de su existencia, que, tal y como postuló López Morales (1989), se encuentra, en el fondo o en la superficie, en las… read more