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Amastae, Jon – Papers in Linguistics: International Journal of Human Communication, 1981
A method for analyzing acquisition-like patterns in the English consonants used by Spanish-English bilinguals is presented which allows a distinction to be made between individual and group phenomena. An analysis of a bilingual community in southern Texas shows that there is a continuum of use of the standard English consonants not occurring in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Consonants, English, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedAmastae, Jon – Language Variation and Change, 1989
The analysis of interviews with 14 speakers of Honduran Spanish found that group "r,""l" glides, and "s" inhibit spirantization variably, much as they do in Colombian Spanish, presenting a view that attributes spirantization to syllable structure for a more comprehensive explanation of the variable processes. (29…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews
Peer reviewedAmastae, Jon – Hispania, 1989
An assessment of the substantive progress made regarding the study of language contact and bilingualism in the Hispanic world explores research concerning language contact and grammars, the bilingual speech community and linguistic structure, and bilingual discourse. (45 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Contact, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
