Language contact and dialect contact | Cross-Generational phonological variation in a Puerto Rican community in the Midwest of the United States

Michelle Ramos-Pellicia

ISBN 10: 3639196082 / ISBN 13: 9783639196085

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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Language contact and dialect contact | Cross-Generational phonological variation in a Puerto Rican community in the Midwest of the United States | Michelle Ramos-Pellicia | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639196085 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language contact and dialect contact | Cross-Generational phonological variation in a Puerto Rican community in the Midwest of the United States
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639196082
• ISBN 13: 9783639196085
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 151H x 24D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 390 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Puerto Rican migration has brought to the American melting pot many intriguing issues. Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth, and, thus, their migration from Puerto Rico is comparable to any interstate movement within the mainland. On the other hand, their culture and language are as foreign to general American culture as the cultures and languages of many other ethnic groups that migrate from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Previous studies on Puerto Rican Spanish have focused on the variety as spoken in New York City. However, one should not assume that the findings of previous studies on this variety of Spanish will shed light on its history and development in every Puerto Rican community in the United States. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to document and explain a selected number of variable elements in the pronunciation of the Puerto Rican Spanish variety spoken in Lorain, Ohio, a city a few miles west of Cleveland.

About the Author

Dr. Ramos-Pellicia is Assistant Professor in Spanish Applied Linguistics at George Mason University. She works on issues of language / dialect contact and variation specifically on Mexican American Spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish in the United States and in the Island of Puerto Rico.