Cuban Spanish Dialectology : Variation, Contact, and Change

Despite the significant presence of Cuban immigrants in the United States, current research on Cuban Spanish linguistics remains underexplored. This volume addresses this lacuna in Cuban Spanish research by providing a state-of-the-art collection of articles from a range of theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas, including phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and heritage language acquisition. Given increasing interest in Cuban Spanish among graduate students and faculty, this volume is a timely and highly relevant contribution to Hispanic linguistics and Cuban Spanish dialectology in particular.

Alejandro Cuza is full professor of Spanish and linguistics at Purdue University. His primary areas of research include second and heritage language acquisition, child bilingual development, Spanish morphosyntax and semantics, bilingualism/multilingualism, Cuban Spanish.