María Irene Moyna
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453470 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Irene Moyna |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Moyna |
| SIGNATURE | MOYNA M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3189-4417 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Competing patterns of prestige in Latin American Spanish
This study uses a matched-guise test to examine attitudes toward informal address in Uruguayan Spanish, which features two competing pronouns ( tú, vos ), their associated verb forms ( tienes ‘you have T ’ vs. tenés ‘id V ’), and mixed combinations (TT, VV, TV). The analysis compares perceptions in Montevideo and Rocha. Two Montevideo speakers (one male, one female) were evaluated by raters from Montevideo ( N = 82) and Rocha ( N = 75) on attribu…
Me aviento el English y el Spanish
Aims and objectives: This study focuses on Nick Villarreal (1951–2017), a bilingual and bicultural conjunto musician from San Antonio. It ascertains the frequency, formal features, and socio-pragmatic functions of the Spanish/English code-switching found in his songs. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative approaches are utilized to explore Nick Villarreal’s use of code-switching in song lyrics. Data and analysis: Nick Villarreal’s commerciall…
"Introducing the Special Issue "Interface Between Sociolinguistics and Music
This Special Issue comprises six original studies that explore the interface between sociolinguistics and music, offering new insights into how language is stylized and perceived in English, Spanish, and code-mixed performance
Children as agents of language change
This paper explores the operation of child language acquisition as a critical factor in some forms of language change. It proposes a sociohistorical model that incorporates the potential for young children to function as linguistic agents in certain environments, characterized by unpredictable variation in the input, lack of normative mechanisms, and the possibility for the emergence of peer networks among children. The model is then applied to e…
Story, style, and structure
This study analyses variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish address between formal ( usted ) and informal variants ( tú, vos ). It focusses on address representations in children’s literature written between 1918 and 1973 – foundational texts that helped consolidate national identity. Our study answers the following questions: (a) What were the most frequent pronominal and verbal address forms employed in early Uruguayan children’s literature? …
Language mixing and metalinguistic awareness in the songs of Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero
Después de usted
This study focuses on the address paradigm in the Spanish spoken in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, a Latin American variety which presents speakers with three options—one polite (usted), and two familiar (pan-Hispanic tú and regional vos). Recent quantitative studies have shown that the range of polite usted is shrinking in the dialect, as younger respondents reserve it for hierarchical contexts or for much older addressees. Indeed, speakers…
Hey, baby, ¿Qué Pasó
Second-person Address Forms in Contemporary Uruguayan Children’s Literature
In this study, we analyze the representations of singular address ( voseo, tuteo , and ustedeo ) in contemporary Uruguayan children’s literature from 1997 to 2011 as part of a broader analysis of variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish (Behares 1981; Bertolotti 2011; Bertolotti and Coll 2003; Elizaincín and Díaz 1981; Mendoza 2005; Moyna 2009, 2015: Moyna and Ceballos 2008; Steffen 2010). Specifically, we answer the following questions: 1) to w…
“Is that what I sound like when I speak?”
This study investigates language attitudes towards English, Spanish and code-switching in two Texas border cities (Laredo and Edinburg) by means of a matched guise test with three attribute dimensions (solidarity, status, and personal appeal). It was found that there were no significant overall differences between attitudes in the two cities. As anticipated, code-switching received the lowest ratings in all dimensions; English and Spanish were ma…
Representaciones dramáticas de una variable lingüística
El presente estudio es un análisis cuantitativo de las representaciones teatrales del tratamiento de segunda persona del singular en el español del Río de la Plata a comienzos del siglo XX. Se basa en dieciocho obras de teatro escritas entre 1886 y 1911, en cada una de las cuales se contabilizaron todos los verbos de segunda persona (tuteantes y voseantes) y se clasificaron según variables sociolingüísticas del hablante y el interlocutor (clase, …
A Tale of Two Borders
This is a qualitative analysis of the historical dimensions of Spanish-English and Spanish-Portuguese contact in the Americas, based on 19 th century documents from southern California and northern Uruguay. Language mixing is found in both areas, but whereas in California it is limited to the earliest periods and to informal registers, in Uruguay it is long-lasting and pervades all social and stylistic levels. Additionally, there are differences …
Can we make heads or tails of Spanish endocentric compounds
This paper proposes a unified account of headship assignment in Spanish endocentric compounds with a nominal non-head. It is argued that these compounds follow the universal head-complement word order (Kayne 1994), with the non-head element occupying the rightmost position. This structure surfaces whenever the non-head nominals in the compound are full words, that is, when they appear with their word-class marker (Harris 1991). Surface exceptions…
Language mixing and metalinguistic awareness in the songs of Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero
Después de usted
This study focuses on the address paradigm in the Spanish spoken in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, a Latin American variety which presents speakers with three options—one polite (usted), and two familiar (pan-Hispanic tú and regional vos). Recent quantitative studies have shown that the range of polite usted is shrinking in the dialect, as younger respondents reserve it for hierarchical contexts or for much older addressees. Indeed, speakers…
Me aviento el English y el Spanish
Aims and objectives: This study focuses on Nick Villarreal (1951–2017), a bilingual and bicultural conjunto musician from San Antonio. It ascertains the frequency, formal features, and socio-pragmatic functions of the Spanish/English code-switching found in his songs. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative approaches are utilized to explore Nick Villarreal’s use of code-switching in song lyrics. Data and analysis: Nick Villarreal’s commerciall…
Story, style, and structure
This study analyses variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish address between formal ( usted ) and informal variants ( tú, vos ). It focusses on address representations in children’s literature written between 1918 and 1973 – foundational texts that helped consolidate national identity. Our study answers the following questions: (a) What were the most frequent pronominal and verbal address forms employed in early Uruguayan children’s literature? …
Second-person Address Forms in Contemporary Uruguayan Children’s Literature
In this study, we analyze the representations of singular address ( voseo, tuteo , and ustedeo ) in contemporary Uruguayan children’s literature from 1997 to 2011 as part of a broader analysis of variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish (Behares 1981; Bertolotti 2011; Bertolotti and Coll 2003; Elizaincín and Díaz 1981; Mendoza 2005; Moyna 2009, 2015: Moyna and Ceballos 2008; Steffen 2010). Specifically, we answer the following questions: 1) to w…
Can we make heads or tails of Spanish endocentric compounds
This paper proposes a unified account of headship assignment in Spanish endocentric compounds with a nominal non-head. It is argued that these compounds follow the universal head-complement word order (Kayne 1994), with the non-head element occupying the rightmost position. This structure surfaces whenever the non-head nominals in the compound are full words, that is, when they appear with their word-class marker (Harris 1991). Surface exceptions…
Representaciones dramáticas de una variable lingüística
El presente estudio es un análisis cuantitativo de las representaciones teatrales del tratamiento de segunda persona del singular en el español del Río de la Plata a comienzos del siglo XX. Se basa en dieciocho obras de teatro escritas entre 1886 y 1911, en cada una de las cuales se contabilizaron todos los verbos de segunda persona (tuteantes y voseantes) y se clasificaron según variables sociolingüísticas del hablante y el interlocutor (clase, …
A Tale of Two Borders
This is a qualitative analysis of the historical dimensions of Spanish-English and Spanish-Portuguese contact in the Americas, based on 19 th century documents from southern California and northern Uruguay. Language mixing is found in both areas, but whereas in California it is limited to the earliest periods and to informal registers, in Uruguay it is long-lasting and pervades all social and stylistic levels. Additionally, there are differences …
“Is that what I sound like when I speak?”
This study investigates language attitudes towards English, Spanish and code-switching in two Texas border cities (Laredo and Edinburg) by means of a matched guise test with three attribute dimensions (solidarity, status, and personal appeal). It was found that there were no significant overall differences between attitudes in the two cities. As anticipated, code-switching received the lowest ratings in all dimensions; English and Spanish were ma…
Second-person Address Forms in Contemporary Uruguayan Children’s Literature
In this study, we analyze the representations of singular address ( voseo, tuteo , and ustedeo ) in contemporary Uruguayan children’s literature from 1997 to 2011 as part of a broader analysis of variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish (Behares 1981; Bertolotti 2011; Bertolotti and Coll 2003; Elizaincín and Díaz 1981; Mendoza 2005; Moyna 2009, 2015: Moyna and Ceballos 2008; Steffen 2010). Specifically, we answer the following questions: 1) to w…
Hey, baby, ¿Qué Pasó
Después de usted
This study focuses on the address paradigm in the Spanish spoken in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, a Latin American variety which presents speakers with three options—one polite (usted), and two familiar (pan-Hispanic tú and regional vos). Recent quantitative studies have shown that the range of polite usted is shrinking in the dialect, as younger respondents reserve it for hierarchical contexts or for much older addressees. Indeed, speakers…
Language mixing and metalinguistic awareness in the songs of Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero
Children as agents of language change
This paper explores the operation of child language acquisition as a critical factor in some forms of language change. It proposes a sociohistorical model that incorporates the potential for young children to function as linguistic agents in certain environments, characterized by unpredictable variation in the input, lack of normative mechanisms, and the possibility for the emergence of peer networks among children. The model is then applied to e…
Story, style, and structure
This study analyses variation and change in Uruguayan Spanish address between formal ( usted ) and informal variants ( tú, vos ). It focusses on address representations in children’s literature written between 1918 and 1973 – foundational texts that helped consolidate national identity. Our study answers the following questions: (a) What were the most frequent pronominal and verbal address forms employed in early Uruguayan children’s literature? …
Me aviento el English y el Spanish
Aims and objectives: This study focuses on Nick Villarreal (1951–2017), a bilingual and bicultural conjunto musician from San Antonio. It ascertains the frequency, formal features, and socio-pragmatic functions of the Spanish/English code-switching found in his songs. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative approaches are utilized to explore Nick Villarreal’s use of code-switching in song lyrics. Data and analysis: Nick Villarreal’s commerciall…
"Introducing the Special Issue "Interface Between Sociolinguistics and Music
This Special Issue comprises six original studies that explore the interface between sociolinguistics and music, offering new insights into how language is stylized and perceived in English, Spanish, and code-mixed performance
Competing patterns of prestige in Latin American Spanish
This study uses a matched-guise test to examine attitudes toward informal address in Uruguayan Spanish, which features two competing pronouns ( tú, vos ), their associated verb forms ( tienes ‘you have T ’ vs. tenés ‘id V ’), and mixed combinations (TT, VV, TV). The analysis compares perceptions in Montevideo and Rocha. Two Montevideo speakers (one male, one female) were evaluated by raters from Montevideo ( N = 82) and Rocha ( N = 75) on attribu…
Linguistics (11 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (9 works) · History (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works)