Spanish

Generational Speak: Investigating Sibling Language Dynamics in Spanish-Speaking Californian Families

Why are younger siblings more likely to be excused for their lack of native language proficiency — and in turn, older siblings expected to be fluent? Following this common perception of bilingual speakers, our group hypothesized that in second-generation, Spanish-speaking households, older siblings would be less likely to produce speech errors and instances of code-switching […]

Code-Switching, language acquisition, siblings, Spanish

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Phonological Variation and Identity in L.A. Spanish: The Case of /s/ Debuccalization

Language and Identity, Sociolinguistics

Brian Cifuentes, Nicholas Guymon, Jafarri Nocentelli, Amanda T. In this study, we investigate how native speakers of Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, and Mexican dialects of Spanish use /s/ debuccalization, a phonological process which targets /s/ in the coda position and yields either [h] or [∅] through complete deletion, to signal informal speech in Los Angeles. By

EVLA, immigrants, Language Variety, Los Angeles, prestige, Spanish

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