The gendered use of salirse in Mexican Spanish

Si me salía yo con las amigas, se enojaba

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ID2879508
AuthorsJessi Elana Aaron (0000-0001-6054-9319, University of New Mexico, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume33
Issue04
Publication date2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047404504334044
OpenAlexW2048511180
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited7

It has been claimed that women and men use language quite differently in social interaction. Combining a functional and cognitive approach to grammar, this article explores the ways in which men and women use the optional pronominal form of the Spanish verb salir(se) ‘to leave’ in Mexican Spanish. It is found that women use the pronominal form notably more than men, and that, diachronically, this form has traditionally been applied to women's behavior. It is hypothesized that these patterns demonstrate both the relative expressive freedom of women's speech and the socially constrained nature of expectations for female behavior in colonial and contemporary Mexican society. It is shown how culturally shaped conventional construals of gender can both be reflected in and influence morphosyntactic phenomena.I would like to thank Melissa Axelrod, Kathy McKnight, Language in Society editor Jane Hill, and two anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions on this article

Art · Colonialism · Construal level theory · Construals · Grammar · Humanities · Linguistics · Sociology · Verb · Gender Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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