1st Edition
Mexican Spanish in the Twentieth Century Stratification and Variation
By Margarita Hidalgo
Copyright 2025
292 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
292 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Mexican Spanish in the Twentieth Century explores the trends and patterns of sociolinguistic stratification and variation, providing a clearer understanding of linguistic variation in Mexican Spanish as spoken in the twentieth century.
The connection between past and present is evidenced through language data on Mexican Spanish gathered from various sources. The historical background of... Read more
Introduction: Stratification and variation in Latin America
Chapter 1. Shaping national and language identity: the 19th century
Chapter 2. Stability and consolidation of nationalism: the 20th century
Chapter 3. Identification of Mexican Spanish variables
Chapter 4. Stratification by community type
Chapter 5. Variation and permanence
Chapter 6. Sociolinguistic reconstruction of palatals in the northern frontier
Chapter 7. Conclusions
References
Biography
Margarita Hidalgo is professor emerita at the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, San Diego State University, USA.
