Víctor Fernández-Mallat
Biographic Data
| ID | 1508451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Víctor Fernández-Mallat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Víctor |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernández-Mallat |
| SIGNATURE | FERNÁNDEZ-MALLAT V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6991-9977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(De)Coloring Sociolinguistic Perception
This article advances a colorism‐aware approach to (socio)linguistics in the United States by examining how American English listeners leverage skin color variation in sociolinguistic perception. Although prior research has emphasized macro‐sociological categories—shown to modulate listeners’ attitudes and expectations toward accents—there is comparatively little work on how the social meanings of finer‐grained, racialized cues can be re‐signifie…
Actitudes lingüísticas hacia el voseo y el tuteo en el español de Medellín y Santiago
Tanto en el español de Medellín como en el de Santiago, las formas de tratamiento voseantes y tuteantes reflejan una estratificación sociolingüística influenciada por factores como el estatus social y el género. Para investigar qué rasgos sociales están asociados con estas variantes y determinar si estas asociaciones son consistentes en términos de procesamiento y relevancia en ambas ciudades, se llevó a cabo un experimento con 100 participantes …
Style-Shifting in Multidialectal Spaces
In this article, I underscore the value of nuanced, speaker-focused approaches to dialect contact, which both complement and extend community-based perspectives. I pursue this goal through two main strategies. First, I use a mixed-methods approach that integrates diverse sources of contextualized conversational data alongside spontaneous metalinguistic commentary. This broadens the traditional reliance on one-on-one sociolinguistic interviews, in…
An integrated look at forms of address in Chilean Spanish using a contextualized picture-translation task
This study uses an innovative contextualized translation task method and a quantitative variationist approach to offer an integrated look at second person singular address forms in Chilean Spanish, a Latin American variety with a tripartite address system that includes tuteo, ustedeo, and voseo forms. Results reveal that ustedeo has remained largely unaffected by recent changes in Chile’s address system and that this system’s main alternation is …
Changes and continuities in second person address pronoun usage in Bogotá Spanish
In this article, we provide further evidence that Bogotá Spanish is transitioning from being an extensively usted- using variety into one in which tú is preferred in informal interaction by analyzing survey data through a quantitative approach, and metalinguistic commentary through a qualitative approach. Our data show that tú is mainly thought of as a productive way to convey proximity. At the same time, our data show that, despite this change i…
A new look at language choice and accommodation in U.S. Spanish-English bilingual service encounters
The study of service encounters in bilingual communities offers opportunities to gain insight into the factors that influence language choice and accommodation in these interactions and the ways that language may be used to build community. Previous work on bilingual service encounters has found that age, gender, speech turn, and customer ethnicity may all contribute to service providers’ choice of one language over another. This study reexamines…
Continuity and Change in New Dialect Formation
This study uses an innovative translation task method to explore second person singular (2 ps ) address patterns in New York City Spanish ( nycs ), a new dialect that formed in contact with English and among multiple dialects of Spanish. Results reveal more continuity than disruption in address choice with source varieties of Spanish, unlike some other diasporic language communities that show radical simplification in address systems. However, th…
Language attitudes and identity building in the linguistic landscape of Montreal
Few studies to date have considered the agency of readers in reinterpreting the cultural, historical, political, and social background of the linguistic landscape (LL; visible language in public space) and the ways in which individual and collective identities are discursively conceptualised through the LL. In this article, we present results from a study involving participants from three self-described sociolinguistic identities (Francophone, An…
Tuteo , Effeminacy and Homosexuality
Costa Rica’s second-person singular (2PS) address system is known for both its changing nature and its incorporation of tuteo, ustedeo, and voseo forms. While the latter are generalized across communicative contexts, tuteo use has oscillated over time, being consistently associated with foreignness, effeminacy and homosexuality, with one study (Marín Esquivel, Rebeca. 2012. El pronombre ‘tú’ en los grupos homosexual y heterosexual heredianos. Rev…
Una propuesta analítico-conversacional para el estudio de las actitudes hacia las señales del paisaje lingüístico
Basándome en datos naturales, en este estudio contribuyo al ámbito metodológico de los estudios que se interesan por la manera en que las personas interactúan con las señales del paisaje lingüístico que las rodea. Mientras que en estudios previos se han desarrollado e implementado métodos para suscitar que las personas expresen sus actitudes, en el presente desarrollo e implemento una propuesta para analizarlas. Para efectos de ilustrar su implem…
Contrasting language attitudes
Two concurrent discourses on the presence of non-national languages such as Spanish and its speakers circulate in Switzerland's public sphere: one that conceives this presence positively and another that considers it negatively. Following a multimodal discursive-interactive approach, in this study I seek to determine which of these discourses is reproduced in the individual, private accounts of five Swiss nationals. My results show that these ind…
Forms of address in interaction
A matched-guise study on L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers’ attitudes to Spanish in the State of Washington
By means of a matched-guise study, this paper examines the attitudes of L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers in the state of Washington toward Mexican-accented and English-accented Spanish. We interpret our findings in the wake of previous research on language attitudes and ideologies related to Spanish in the United States which shows that Spanish and those who speak it as a first or heritage language are thought to have a lower socioeconom…
Cero vs. lo en español andino (Chinchero, Cuzco)
The goal of this study is to analyse both the use of lo and null object to refer to third person direct objects in an oral corpus of Quechua-Spanish bilinguals from the district of Chinchero (Cuzco). The analysis was performed through qualitative and quantitative methods that allowed us to show which parameters favour their use. We set this goal because our corpus’s direct object marking system is characterized by two variants: the use of lo as t…
En aquí, en allá
En la presente exposición, nos vamos a ocupar de los adverbios demostrativos de lugar tal y como aparecen en el español hablado por cinco migrantes andinos bolivianos. Veremos, por ejemplo, que la forma aquí alterna con en aquí, o que allá alterna con en allá. ¿Por qué esos migrantes, de tradición quechua o aimara más o menos fuerte, realizan tales alternancias? ¿Cuál es la lógica interna de ese uso? Pretendemos responder a estas preguntas a trav…
Forms of address in interaction
Continuity and Change in New Dialect Formation
This study uses an innovative translation task method to explore second person singular (2 ps ) address patterns in New York City Spanish ( nycs ), a new dialect that formed in contact with English and among multiple dialects of Spanish. Results reveal more continuity than disruption in address choice with source varieties of Spanish, unlike some other diasporic language communities that show radical simplification in address systems. However, th…
A matched-guise study on L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers’ attitudes to Spanish in the State of Washington
By means of a matched-guise study, this paper examines the attitudes of L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers in the state of Washington toward Mexican-accented and English-accented Spanish. We interpret our findings in the wake of previous research on language attitudes and ideologies related to Spanish in the United States which shows that Spanish and those who speak it as a first or heritage language are thought to have a lower socioeconom…
A new look at language choice and accommodation in U.S. Spanish-English bilingual service encounters
The study of service encounters in bilingual communities offers opportunities to gain insight into the factors that influence language choice and accommodation in these interactions and the ways that language may be used to build community. Previous work on bilingual service encounters has found that age, gender, speech turn, and customer ethnicity may all contribute to service providers’ choice of one language over another. This study reexamines…
En aquí, en allá
En la presente exposición, nos vamos a ocupar de los adverbios demostrativos de lugar tal y como aparecen en el español hablado por cinco migrantes andinos bolivianos. Veremos, por ejemplo, que la forma aquí alterna con en aquí, o que allá alterna con en allá. ¿Por qué esos migrantes, de tradición quechua o aimara más o menos fuerte, realizan tales alternancias? ¿Cuál es la lógica interna de ese uso? Pretendemos responder a estas preguntas a trav…
Cero vs. lo en español andino (Chinchero, Cuzco)
The goal of this study is to analyse both the use of lo and null object to refer to third person direct objects in an oral corpus of Quechua-Spanish bilinguals from the district of Chinchero (Cuzco). The analysis was performed through qualitative and quantitative methods that allowed us to show which parameters favour their use. We set this goal because our corpus’s direct object marking system is characterized by two variants: the use of lo as t…
A matched-guise study on L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers’ attitudes to Spanish in the State of Washington
By means of a matched-guise study, this paper examines the attitudes of L2, heritage, and native Spanish speakers in the state of Washington toward Mexican-accented and English-accented Spanish. We interpret our findings in the wake of previous research on language attitudes and ideologies related to Spanish in the United States which shows that Spanish and those who speak it as a first or heritage language are thought to have a lower socioeconom…
Una propuesta analítico-conversacional para el estudio de las actitudes hacia las señales del paisaje lingüístico
Basándome en datos naturales, en este estudio contribuyo al ámbito metodológico de los estudios que se interesan por la manera en que las personas interactúan con las señales del paisaje lingüístico que las rodea. Mientras que en estudios previos se han desarrollado e implementado métodos para suscitar que las personas expresen sus actitudes, en el presente desarrollo e implemento una propuesta para analizarlas. Para efectos de ilustrar su implem…
Contrasting language attitudes
Two concurrent discourses on the presence of non-national languages such as Spanish and its speakers circulate in Switzerland's public sphere: one that conceives this presence positively and another that considers it negatively. Following a multimodal discursive-interactive approach, in this study I seek to determine which of these discourses is reproduced in the individual, private accounts of five Swiss nationals. My results show that these ind…
Forms of address in interaction
Language attitudes and identity building in the linguistic landscape of Montreal
Few studies to date have considered the agency of readers in reinterpreting the cultural, historical, political, and social background of the linguistic landscape (LL; visible language in public space) and the ways in which individual and collective identities are discursively conceptualised through the LL. In this article, we present results from a study involving participants from three self-described sociolinguistic identities (Francophone, An…
Tuteo , Effeminacy and Homosexuality
Costa Rica’s second-person singular (2PS) address system is known for both its changing nature and its incorporation of tuteo, ustedeo, and voseo forms. While the latter are generalized across communicative contexts, tuteo use has oscillated over time, being consistently associated with foreignness, effeminacy and homosexuality, with one study (Marín Esquivel, Rebeca. 2012. El pronombre ‘tú’ en los grupos homosexual y heterosexual heredianos. Rev…
Continuity and Change in New Dialect Formation
This study uses an innovative translation task method to explore second person singular (2 ps ) address patterns in New York City Spanish ( nycs ), a new dialect that formed in contact with English and among multiple dialects of Spanish. Results reveal more continuity than disruption in address choice with source varieties of Spanish, unlike some other diasporic language communities that show radical simplification in address systems. However, th…
Changes and continuities in second person address pronoun usage in Bogotá Spanish
In this article, we provide further evidence that Bogotá Spanish is transitioning from being an extensively usted- using variety into one in which tú is preferred in informal interaction by analyzing survey data through a quantitative approach, and metalinguistic commentary through a qualitative approach. Our data show that tú is mainly thought of as a productive way to convey proximity. At the same time, our data show that, despite this change i…
A new look at language choice and accommodation in U.S. Spanish-English bilingual service encounters
The study of service encounters in bilingual communities offers opportunities to gain insight into the factors that influence language choice and accommodation in these interactions and the ways that language may be used to build community. Previous work on bilingual service encounters has found that age, gender, speech turn, and customer ethnicity may all contribute to service providers’ choice of one language over another. This study reexamines…
An integrated look at forms of address in Chilean Spanish using a contextualized picture-translation task
This study uses an innovative contextualized translation task method and a quantitative variationist approach to offer an integrated look at second person singular address forms in Chilean Spanish, a Latin American variety with a tripartite address system that includes tuteo, ustedeo, and voseo forms. Results reveal that ustedeo has remained largely unaffected by recent changes in Chile’s address system and that this system’s main alternation is …
Actitudes lingüísticas hacia el voseo y el tuteo en el español de Medellín y Santiago
Tanto en el español de Medellín como en el de Santiago, las formas de tratamiento voseantes y tuteantes reflejan una estratificación sociolingüística influenciada por factores como el estatus social y el género. Para investigar qué rasgos sociales están asociados con estas variantes y determinar si estas asociaciones son consistentes en términos de procesamiento y relevancia en ambas ciudades, se llevó a cabo un experimento con 100 participantes …
Style-Shifting in Multidialectal Spaces
In this article, I underscore the value of nuanced, speaker-focused approaches to dialect contact, which both complement and extend community-based perspectives. I pursue this goal through two main strategies. First, I use a mixed-methods approach that integrates diverse sources of contextualized conversational data alongside spontaneous metalinguistic commentary. This broadens the traditional reliance on one-on-one sociolinguistic interviews, in…
(De)Coloring Sociolinguistic Perception
This article advances a colorism‐aware approach to (socio)linguistics in the United States by examining how American English listeners leverage skin color variation in sociolinguistic perception. Although prior research has emphasized macro‐sociological categories—shown to modulate listeners’ attitudes and expectations toward accents—there is comparatively little work on how the social meanings of finer‐grained, racialized cues can be re‐signifie…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works)