Enhancing Dialogue between Variationist Sociolinguistics and Minimalist Syntax

Plural Agreement in Afro-Bolivian Spanish

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12976192
AutoresSandro Sessarego (0000-0002-1633-5185, University of Wisconsin–Madison, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas79-98
Fecha de publicación2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1939-0238 • E-ISSN: 2199-3386
EditorialDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/shll-2013-1141
OpenAlexW2333480166
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

This paper analyzes processes of variable number agreement marking in Afro- Bolivian Spanish (ABS) Determiner Phrases (DPs). In line with several sociolinguistic studies of this kind (Guy 1981, Poplack 1979, 1980, Scherre 2001, etc.), this work provides detailed VARBRUL statistical analyses for the cases of plural marking variability found in this dialect. However, differently from traditional sociolinguistic accounts, results are explained by adopting recent minimalist assumptions on agreement and feature valuation processes (Frampton & Gutman 2000). In doing so, the present study attempts to enhance dialogue between variationist sociolinguistic and generative theory

Agreement · Determiner · Plural · Sociolinguistics · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies