About the author |
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Preface |
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1.2.1 Colombian dialectology |
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1.2.2 Sociolinguistic variation |
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1.3 Spanish in New York City |
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1.4.1 The speech communities |
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The New York Colombian community |
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1.4.2 Data: The corpora and the speakers |
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1.4.3 Hypotheses and research questions |
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Chapter 2 The expression of futurity |
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2.1 The expression of futurity in Spanish |
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2.1.1 The morphological future (MF) |
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2.1.2 The simple present (SP) or futurate present |
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2.1.3 The periphrastic future (PF) |
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2.1.4 The future around the world |
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32 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Research questions and hypotheses |
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2.2.2 Predictors examined |
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2.2.3 "The envelope of variation and the analysis |
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2.3 Distribution of variants |
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2.4 Internal conditioning effects |
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2.4.1 Clause-level predictors |
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2.4.2 Subject-level predictors |
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Grammatical number of the subject |
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Grammatical person and animacy of the subject |
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2.4.3 Predicate-level predictors |
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54 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 The expression of nominal possession |
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3.1 The Spanish nominal possessive |
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64 | (3) |
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3.2.1 Research questions and hypotheses |
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3.2.2 Predictors examined |
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3.2.3 The envelope of possessive variation and the analysis |
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3.3 Distribution of possessive variants |
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3.4 Internal conditioning effects on the possessive |
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3.4.1 Clause-level predictors |
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Length of the clause containing the possessive (clause length) |
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Distance between the referent and the possessive |
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3.4.2 Subject-level predictors |
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Location of the possessive |
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3.4.3 Genitive NP-level predictors |
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Presence of adjectives in the genitive NP |
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Grammatical gender and number of the possessee |
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Grammatical person, number, and animacy of the possessor |
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Semantic category of the possessed noun |
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92 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Variable subject personal pronoun expression |
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4.2.1 Research questions and hypotheses |
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4.2.2 Predictors examined |
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4.2.3 The envelope of SPE variation and the analysis |
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4.3 Distribution of overt and null subjects |
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4.4 Linguistic conditioning on pronominal usage |
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4.4.1 Clause-related predictors |
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4.4.2 Subject-related predictors |
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104 | (1) |
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Grammatical person and number of the subject |
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4.4.3 Verb-related predictors |
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Verbal tense, mood & aspect (TMA) |
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110 | (1) |
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Another take at the effects of the verb on SPE |
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Chapter 5 Effects of social predictors |
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5.2.1 Research questions and hypotheses |
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5.2.2 Predictors explored |
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Length of US residency (LOR) |
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127 | (1) |
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Linguistic competence/repertoire |
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127 | (1) |
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5.3 The expression of futurity |
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127 | (6) |
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128 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Educational attainment |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Length of U.S. residency (LOR)/arrival age |
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132 | (1) |
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5.4 The expression of nominal possession |
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133 | (7) |
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134 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Educational attainment |
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135 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Speaker's age/socioeconomic status (SES) |
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136 | (3) |
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5.4.4 Length of U.S. residence (LOR) |
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139 | (1) |
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5.4.5 Age of arrival in the US |
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139 | (1) |
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5.5 Social conditioning on subject pronoun expression (SPE) |
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140 | (4) |
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5.5.1 Conversation conditions |
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141 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Effects of gender/age on SPE |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (7) |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (14) |
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155 | (3) |
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6.2 Discussion and implications |
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166 | (3) |
References |
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Index |
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