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Direct linkAlvarez, Stephanie – Hispania, 2013
This essay explores the relationship(s) between English and Spanish in the novel "Raining Backwards" (1988) by Cuban American Roberto G. Fernandez. While the many linked plots and characters suggest many protagonists, this study demonstrates how language itself takes on the role of protagonist. Through the author's use of calques and…
Descriptors: Novels, Authors, Spanish, Language Usage
Alvord, Scott M. – Hispania, 2010
The interrogative intonation of Cubans and Cuban Americans living in Miami is investigated. Two different intonation patterns are used in this variety of Spanish to convey absolute interrogative meaning: one with a falling final contour, as has been observed in Cuban Spanish, and one with a rising final contour, as is used in American English and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Intonation, Cubans, Spanish
