Lamar A Graham
Biographic Data
| ID | 9411725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lamar A Graham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lamar A |
| FAMILY NAME | Graham |
| SIGNATURE | GRAHAM L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1965-7646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Modeling Diverging Diphthongization in Esse Reflexes From Latin to Spanish and Portuguese
It is known that the default diphthong structure in Latin was falling (vowel + semivowel) and that the most common diphthongs in the language were aj aw ej ew oj uj.Portuguese maintains this default diphthong structure, while Spanish has tended toward rising diphthongs.This divergence in diphthongization patterns affects the preterite, imperfect subjunctive, and future subjunctive paradigms of ser and ir in both languages.This paper proposes that…
Sociopragmatic variation in attention focus
Discourse markers of attention focus (enfocadores de alteridad in Spanish) frequently serve the purposes of drawing the hearer’s attention to what the speaker is saying, either to establish or maintain contact between the two interlocutors. The current study aims to determine whether the choice of appellative marker is socially or grammatically motivated. Using sociolinguistic corpora from two major Latin American cities, the study will analyze t…
Variation in hesitation
This study explored the influence of social and syntactic-pragmatic factors on a speaker’s choice between hesitation markers este and eh in oral discourse. Data collected from San Juan (PR), Mexico City, Montevideo, and Medellín were analyzed as a large corpus and on an individual country basis. Este was found to be the most prevalent hesitation marker overall and within three of the four countries studied. On an overall level, the factors of cit…
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Variation in hesitation
This study explored the influence of social and syntactic-pragmatic factors on a speaker’s choice between hesitation markers este and eh in oral discourse. Data collected from San Juan (PR), Mexico City, Montevideo, and Medellín were analyzed as a large corpus and on an individual country basis. Este was found to be the most prevalent hesitation marker overall and within three of the four countries studied. On an overall level, the factors of cit…
Sociopragmatic variation in attention focus
Discourse markers of attention focus (enfocadores de alteridad in Spanish) frequently serve the purposes of drawing the hearer’s attention to what the speaker is saying, either to establish or maintain contact between the two interlocutors. The current study aims to determine whether the choice of appellative marker is socially or grammatically motivated. Using sociolinguistic corpora from two major Latin American cities, the study will analyze t…
Modeling Diverging Diphthongization in Esse Reflexes From Latin to Spanish and Portuguese
It is known that the default diphthong structure in Latin was falling (vowel + semivowel) and that the most common diphthongs in the language were aj aw ej ew oj uj.Portuguese maintains this default diphthong structure, while Spanish has tended toward rising diphthongs.This divergence in diphthongization patterns affects the preterite, imperfect subjunctive, and future subjunctive paradigms of ser and ir in both languages.This paper proposes that…
Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Latin Americans (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Cultural and political discourse analysis (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Demography (1 work)