ABSTRACT

Topics in Spanish Linguistic Perceptions brings together the most current research on linguistic perceptions of varieties of Spanish.

The book includes articles from a range of expert contributors using different methodologies and looking at diverse sociolinguistic settings. Readers will gain a rich understanding of the importance of linguistic perceptions and the societal attitudes they are linked to. Readers will also gain insight into the interplay between socioeconomic groups, and educational and linguistic norms and the perception of non-standardized forms of Spanish.

The volume highlights the relationship between language and social perceptions and will be of particular interest to researchers and students in Hispanic linguistics, sociophonetics, and sociolinguistics.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

Linguistic perceptions among Spanish speakers on the pathway to a deeper understanding of the role of the study of linguistic perceptions

part I|106 pages

Perceptions of regional language variation and change

chapter 1|22 pages

“No me molesta que se coman las /s/”

A production and attitudes analysis of coda /s/ in Puerto Rican Spanish

chapter 2|19 pages

The perception of coda liquids in Dominican Spanish

Geographic and social variation

chapter 3|19 pages

Dialectal contact in the Caribbean

Dominican perceptions of the Domi-Rican continuum

chapter 4|22 pages

Sociophonetic perceptions in Andalusian Spanish

The case of sibilants in Seville, Jerez, and Cordoba

part II|61 pages

Perceptions of language and migrant identities

chapter 6|19 pages

Perceptions of ethnic difference in a transnational context

A case study from the batey Alejandro Bass (Dominican Republic)

chapter 7|23 pages

Mexicans' and Mexican-Americans' perceptions of themselves and each other

Attitudes toward language and community