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Peer reviewedMartinez, Glenn A. – Language Variation and Change, 2000
Examines the reduction of syntactic options in South Texas Spanish narrative discourse during the nineteenth century. Argues that nineteenth century Texas Spanish made ample use of the absolute construction as an orientation strategy in narrative discourse. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Variation
