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The Continuity of Linguistic Change: Selected papers in honour of Juan Andrés Villena-Ponsoda
Edited by Matilde Vida-Castro and Antonio Manuel Ávila-Muñoz
[Studies in Language Variation 31] 2024
► pp. 100–118

Chapter 5
Sociophonetic variation in a context of dialect contact

Standardisation and semi-standardisation in Canarian Spanish

| Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife , Spain
| Universidad de Murcia , Spain

The social contexts of language ​​and dialect contact are an exceptional scenario in which to analyse some of the most innovative outcomes of language change. In these dynamic contexts, mixed language varieties often develop, constructed from elements and structures of the languages ​​or dialects that participate in the contact. In the specific case of dialect contact, one of the most creative hybrid outcomes is interdialectalisms, forms that can coexist in a speech community with vernacular and standard variants. The study of the structural and social relationships between these alternatives may contribute towards a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying changes in progress.

Keywords: dialect contact, change in progress, interdialectalisms, standardisation, media
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Objectives
  • 3.Methodology
    • 3.1The sample
    • 3.2Independent variables
      • 3.2.1Linguistic variables
        • 3.2.1.aStress
        • 3.2.1.bWord-syllable position
        • 3.2.1.cWord frequency
      • 3.2.2Social variables
        • 3.2.2.aGender
        • 3.2.2.bDegree of public contact
  • 4.Results
  • 5.Conclusions
  • References
Published online: 5 February 2024
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