Natalia Mazzaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3531342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Mazzaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazzaro |
| SIGNATURE | MAZZARO N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1537-3999 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On Subject & Negative Positioning in Spanish
Negative English sentences (‘Mary does not want apples’) suggest that the order of key elements is TP–NegP–VP. However, negative Spanish sentences (‘María no quiere manzanas’) suggest the order Subject–NegP–Tense/VP. Regarding subject positioning, some claim that subjects in Spanish are located in Rizzi’s (1997) Split CP. Others maintain that Spanish subjects are located in SpecTP or SpecAgrSP. In either case, utilizing Pollock’s (1989) split IP …
How prestige and socio-economic status shape the linguistic landscape of Brownsville, Texas
This study explores the linguistic landscape of Brownsville, Texas, a bilingual community located on the east side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Public signage was analysed using quantitative methods to explore the relationship between socio-economic status and language choice, as well as the symbolic and instrumental functions of English and Spanish. The analysis also examines the relative prevalence of both languages to assess the ethnolinguistic …
Socio-Economic Status and Language Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of the U.S.-Mexico Border
This study explores language choice in the public signage of a bilingual border city where the co-existing languages, Spanish and English, have unbalanced power and prestige. We analyzed 1400 signs around El Paso, Texas to investigate Spanish-English bilingualism, whether the signs reflect the demographic characteristics of the speech community, the vitality and prestige of both languages and the relationship between sign location and language ch…
Spanish Loyalty and English Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Linguistic landscape (LL) studies in bilingual regions can reveal power dynamics between two languages, providing important information regarding their status and vitality. To analyze the relationship between Spanish and English in Ciudad Juárez, a city on the south side of the U.S.-Mexico border, we collected 1649 pictures of public signs in several sections of the city, whose "wellness levels" differ from each other. Pictures were coded for sev…
The Effect of Language Contact on /tʃ/ Deaffrication in Spanish from the US-Mexico Borderland
This study examines the sociophonetic variation in the L1 speech of Spanish-English bilingual speakers living in the Ciudad Juárez, Mexico-El Paso, TX border metropolis. The purpose of this research is to analyze the sociolinguistic production of /ʧ/ deaffrication in U.S. Spanish, particularly, in simultaneous and sequential bilinguals. Based on the Revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r), it was hypothesized that L1 production of /ʧ/ deaffrication…
Men Finally Got It! Rhotic Assibilation in Mexican Spanish in Chihuahua
Rhotic assibilation is a common sociolinguistic variable observed in different Spanish speaking countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, and México. Previous studies reported that rhotic assibilation alternates with the flap and/or with the trill. In this study, we explore three aspects of rhotic assibilation in the Spanish of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico/El Paso, TX, United States: (1) Its diachronic development; (2) the linguistic and social fac…
A Phonetic Account of Spanish-English Bilinguals' Divergence with Agreement
Does bilingual language influence in the domain of phonetics impact the morphosyntactic domain? Spanish gender is encoded by word-final, unstressed vowels (/a e o/), which may diphthongize in word-boundary vowel sequences. English neutralizes unstressed final vowels and separates across-word vocalic sequences. The realization of gender vowels as schwa, due to cross-linguistic influence, may remain undetected if not directly analyzed. To explore t…
Explaining Variation And Change In Spanish Peripheral Fricatives
The variation between labial and velar fricatives ([f] > [x], e.g. [x]uego fuego ‘fire,’ [x]umar fumar ‘to smoke’) frequently occurs in disparate Spanish dialects (from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, New Mexico, among others) (Quilis 1993) and it is found in first language acquisition (Eblen 1982 and Greenlee 1992). The change [f] > [x] or [x] > [f] has also been observed in other languages such as English, Diola, Chinese, Tuar…
Men Finally Got It! Rhotic Assibilation in Mexican Spanish in Chihuahua
Rhotic assibilation is a common sociolinguistic variable observed in different Spanish speaking countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, and México. Previous studies reported that rhotic assibilation alternates with the flap and/or with the trill. In this study, we explore three aspects of rhotic assibilation in the Spanish of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico/El Paso, TX, United States: (1) Its diachronic development; (2) the linguistic and social fac…
Socio-Economic Status and Language Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of the U.S.-Mexico Border
This study explores language choice in the public signage of a bilingual border city where the co-existing languages, Spanish and English, have unbalanced power and prestige. We analyzed 1400 signs around El Paso, Texas to investigate Spanish-English bilingualism, whether the signs reflect the demographic characteristics of the speech community, the vitality and prestige of both languages and the relationship between sign location and language ch…
Spanish Loyalty and English Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Linguistic landscape (LL) studies in bilingual regions can reveal power dynamics between two languages, providing important information regarding their status and vitality. To analyze the relationship between Spanish and English in Ciudad Juárez, a city on the south side of the U.S.-Mexico border, we collected 1649 pictures of public signs in several sections of the city, whose "wellness levels" differ from each other. Pictures were coded for sev…
A Phonetic Account of Spanish-English Bilinguals' Divergence with Agreement
Does bilingual language influence in the domain of phonetics impact the morphosyntactic domain? Spanish gender is encoded by word-final, unstressed vowels (/a e o/), which may diphthongize in word-boundary vowel sequences. English neutralizes unstressed final vowels and separates across-word vocalic sequences. The realization of gender vowels as schwa, due to cross-linguistic influence, may remain undetected if not directly analyzed. To explore t…
The Effect of Language Contact on /tʃ/ Deaffrication in Spanish from the US-Mexico Borderland
This study examines the sociophonetic variation in the L1 speech of Spanish-English bilingual speakers living in the Ciudad Juárez, Mexico-El Paso, TX border metropolis. The purpose of this research is to analyze the sociolinguistic production of /ʧ/ deaffrication in U.S. Spanish, particularly, in simultaneous and sequential bilinguals. Based on the Revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r), it was hypothesized that L1 production of /ʧ/ deaffrication…
Explaining Variation And Change In Spanish Peripheral Fricatives
The variation between labial and velar fricatives ([f] > [x], e.g. [x]uego fuego ‘fire,’ [x]umar fumar ‘to smoke’) frequently occurs in disparate Spanish dialects (from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, New Mexico, among others) (Quilis 1993) and it is found in first language acquisition (Eblen 1982 and Greenlee 1992). The change [f] > [x] or [x] > [f] has also been observed in other languages such as English, Diola, Chinese, Tuar…
Men Finally Got It! Rhotic Assibilation in Mexican Spanish in Chihuahua
Rhotic assibilation is a common sociolinguistic variable observed in different Spanish speaking countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, and México. Previous studies reported that rhotic assibilation alternates with the flap and/or with the trill. In this study, we explore three aspects of rhotic assibilation in the Spanish of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico/El Paso, TX, United States: (1) Its diachronic development; (2) the linguistic and social fac…
A Phonetic Account of Spanish-English Bilinguals' Divergence with Agreement
Does bilingual language influence in the domain of phonetics impact the morphosyntactic domain? Spanish gender is encoded by word-final, unstressed vowels (/a e o/), which may diphthongize in word-boundary vowel sequences. English neutralizes unstressed final vowels and separates across-word vocalic sequences. The realization of gender vowels as schwa, due to cross-linguistic influence, may remain undetected if not directly analyzed. To explore t…
The Effect of Language Contact on /tʃ/ Deaffrication in Spanish from the US-Mexico Borderland
This study examines the sociophonetic variation in the L1 speech of Spanish-English bilingual speakers living in the Ciudad Juárez, Mexico-El Paso, TX border metropolis. The purpose of this research is to analyze the sociolinguistic production of /ʧ/ deaffrication in U.S. Spanish, particularly, in simultaneous and sequential bilinguals. Based on the Revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r), it was hypothesized that L1 production of /ʧ/ deaffrication…
Socio-Economic Status and Language Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of the U.S.-Mexico Border
This study explores language choice in the public signage of a bilingual border city where the co-existing languages, Spanish and English, have unbalanced power and prestige. We analyzed 1400 signs around El Paso, Texas to investigate Spanish-English bilingualism, whether the signs reflect the demographic characteristics of the speech community, the vitality and prestige of both languages and the relationship between sign location and language ch…
Spanish Loyalty and English Prestige in the Linguistic Landscape of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Linguistic landscape (LL) studies in bilingual regions can reveal power dynamics between two languages, providing important information regarding their status and vitality. To analyze the relationship between Spanish and English in Ciudad Juárez, a city on the south side of the U.S.-Mexico border, we collected 1649 pictures of public signs in several sections of the city, whose "wellness levels" differ from each other. Pictures were coded for sev…
On Subject & Negative Positioning in Spanish
Negative English sentences (‘Mary does not want apples’) suggest that the order of key elements is TP–NegP–VP. However, negative Spanish sentences (‘María no quiere manzanas’) suggest the order Subject–NegP–Tense/VP. Regarding subject positioning, some claim that subjects in Spanish are located in Rizzi’s (1997) Split CP. Others maintain that Spanish subjects are located in SpecTP or SpecAgrSP. In either case, utilizing Pollock’s (1989) split IP …
How prestige and socio-economic status shape the linguistic landscape of Brownsville, Texas
This study explores the linguistic landscape of Brownsville, Texas, a bilingual community located on the east side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Public signage was analysed using quantitative methods to explore the relationship between socio-economic status and language choice, as well as the symbolic and instrumental functions of English and Spanish. The analysis also examines the relative prevalence of both languages to assess the ethnolinguistic …
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · Linguistic landscape (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Prestige (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (3 works) · Geography (2 works)