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Download full textColes, Felice Anne – 1992
The pronunciation and use of /s/ in the isleno dialect of Spanish, a dying language spoken in a small ethnic enclave in southeast Louisiana, is examined. Today, there are fewer than 20 fluent speakers of isleno Spanish, which has been described as a fossilized derivative of the speech of Canary Island peasants with additions from Spanish sailors.…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Fluency, Language Usage, Language Variation
