Alba Arias Alvarez

List of John Benjamins publications for which Alba Arias Alvarez plays a role.

Articles

The field of the linguistic landscape has been examined as an arena of negotiation, struggle, and contestation, where individuals and communities play roles in the symbolic construction of the public sphere. Transitory linguistic landscapes show the power struggle between different communities… read more
Recent sociolinguistic studies have emphasized the role of the Linguistic Landscape in analyzing language attitudes and identities in relation to minoritized languages. The present study examines language attitudes and perceptions of Asturian speakers towards the use of Asturian, a minoritized… read more
Arias Alvarez, Alba and Patricia Gubitosi 2021 Chapter 4. Ideologies in the linguistic landscape: The semiotic construction of the Puerto Rican identityLinguistic Landscape in the Spanish-speaking World, Gubitosi, Patricia and Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia (eds.), pp. 105–132 | Chapter
Linguistic Landscape (LL) research is a useful tool to uncover language ideologies related to the construction of ethnic identities within a public space. Language in the public space may reflect the sociopolitical encounters and differences that exist within a community and need to be… read more
Sánchez-Alvarado, Covadonga, Alba Arias Alvarez, Eduardo García-Fernández, Isaac McAlister and Meghan E. Armstrong 2018 Chapter 13. Mothers’ use of F0 after the first year of life in American English and Peninsular SpanishContemporary Trends in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics: Selected papers from the Hispanic Linguistic Symposium 2015, MacDonald, Jonathan E. (ed.), pp. 281–308 | Chapter
Infant-directed speech has been shown to be different from adult-directed speech in that it is generally characterized by short, acoustically exaggerated (e.g. higher F0 peaks, wider F0 range) utterances (Fernald et al., 1989; Kitamura et al., 2001, inter alia). Thus, at some point parents begin to… read more