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Sorenson, Travis – Hispania, 2013
Central America, including El Salvador, has been cited as the least studied of the Spanish-language dialect zones. The paucity of linguistic research extends to the language use of these populations in the United States, including that of Salvadorans who have relocated there. This paper analyzes Salvadorans' utilization of "voseo" and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Foreign Countries, Spanish, Language Variation
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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