Mexican immigrants’ views on the Spanish dialects in Mexico: a language attitudes study
Since the 1960s, sociolinguists have been examining the social factors that influence language variation and the attitudes speakers have towards those variations. In this study, the language attitudes about the perceived Spanish dialects in Mexico are analyzed using a maptask. A group of Mexican imm...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositorio: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/23422 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/23422 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Language attitudes Perceptual dialectology Mexican Spanish Spanish variation Actitudes lingüísticas Dialectología percpetiva Español de México Variación del español Lingüística Sociología Linguistics Sociology |
| Sumario: | Since the 1960s, sociolinguists have been examining the social factors that influence language variation and the attitudes speakers have towards those variations. In this study, the language attitudes about the perceived Spanish dialects in Mexico are analyzed using a maptask. A group of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. was asked to draw on a map of Mexico where they felt that people speak Spanish differently. They were then asked to explain/elaborate on the divisions that they drew. These maps and interviews were used to determine the perceived major dialects of Mexican Spanish according to the majority of participants. Perceptions of dialects are measured via reoccurring themes that were brought up by a majority of interviewees. Salient themes include language contact, such as influence of English or indigenous languages, and whether a dialect was deemed urban or rural. |
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