First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
The current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews...
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| description | The current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews are employed to examine tokens of 1sg and third-person variable SPE and their usage patterns, considering factors such as tense-mood-aspect (TMA), switch reference, polarity, and verb class by means of logistic regression analyses. Results suggest that all four factors influence 1sg variation, but that third-person variation is restricted to switch reference and TMA. In addition, a significant link between switch reference and TMA is found for third-person subjects, but not for 1sg. The findings lend further support to previous scholars advocating the importance of studying individual grammatical persons in SPE research as this can reveal previously obfuscated nuances in the patterns of subject variation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63d81fb7930b4674baa828234392cfe12023-03-02T20:55:02ZengUniversidad del ValleLenguaje0120-34792539-38042021-04-0149110413410.25100/lenguaje.v49i1.1045316769First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of GeorgiaPhilip P. Limerick0Eastern Kentucky UniversityThe current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews are employed to examine tokens of 1sg and third-person variable SPE and their usage patterns, considering factors such as tense-mood-aspect (TMA), switch reference, polarity, and verb class by means of logistic regression analyses. Results suggest that all four factors influence 1sg variation, but that third-person variation is restricted to switch reference and TMA. In addition, a significant link between switch reference and TMA is found for third-person subjects, but not for 1sg. The findings lend further support to previous scholars advocating the importance of studying individual grammatical persons in SPE research as this can reveal previously obfuscated nuances in the patterns of subject variation.https://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/10453first-person subjectsthird-person subjectssubject pronoun expressionmexican spanishmorphosyntactic variation |
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| title | First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia |
| title_full | First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia |
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| title_short | First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia |
| title_sort | first person singular and third person subject pronoun variation the case of mexican spanish in the u s state of georgia |
| topic | first-person subjects third-person subjects subject pronoun expression mexican spanish morphosyntactic variation |
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