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Los acronimos en el habla de Puerto Rico (Acronyms in Puerto Rican Speech)

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Delgado, Jose – Language Sciences, 1974

Descriptors: Abbreviations, Business, Communications, Determiners (Languages)

Modular Sequence: Puerto Rican Pupils in Mainland Schools. TTP 003.08. Puerto Rican Spanish. Teacher Corps Bilingual Project.

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Hartford Univ., West Hartford, CT. Coll. of Education.

Of the multitude of dialects which exemplify the Spanish language, Puerto Rican Spanish has suffered the most severe rejection by language purists and pseudolinguists. The need to take a clear and open look at Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico is preeminent. It is the purpose of this module to clarify some major points of controversy regarding Puerto…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Learning Activities

Ambiguous Agreement, Functional Compensation, and Nonspecific "tu" in the Spanish of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Madrid, Spain.

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Cameron, Richard – Language Variation and Change, 1993

Investigated the potential correlation of agreement marking with the expression of pronominal subjects in the speech of 10 Spanish speakers from Puerto Rico and 10 from Spain. The results show not only similar patterns of pronominal expression but also similar rankings of constraints on pronominal expression in both dialects. (MDM)

Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries

Puerto Rican Language Use: A Synthesis Paper.

Couvertier, Aixa B. – 1997

Puerto Ricans in the United States are often assumed to be bilingual, and most are to some degree. Among Puerto Ricans, frequent returns home are common, allowing for immersion in both cultures and communication in both Spanish and English. Despite availability of bilingual education, programs are too short for participants to attain even a…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Code Switching (Language), Demography, Dialects