Forms of Address in the Spanish of the Americas

Description

In the growing field of address research, Spanish emerges as one of the most complex Indo European languages. Firstly, it presents second person variation in its nominal, pronominal, and verbal systems. Moreover, several Spanish varieties have more than two address variants, which compete and mix in intricate ways. Forms of Address in the Spanish of the Americas showcases current research into this unique linguistic situation, by presenting the original research of twelve scholars from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The articles cover diachronic change and regional variation, pragmatics, dialect contact, attitudes, and identity. The contributions are contextualized through an introduction and the responses of three established experts, while a conclusion delineates a research agenda for the future. This collection in English is meant to reach scholars beyond the confines of Hispanic linguistics. It should be of interest to Romance linguists and specialists on second person variation across languages. Dedication Table of contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Addressing the research questions • María Irene Moyna Section I. Diachronic change and regional variation Voseo and tuteo, the countryside and the city: Voseo in Río de la Plata Spanish at the beginning of the 19th century • Virginia Bertolotti Pragmatic forces in the evolution of voseo object pronouns from os to te in colonial Spanish • Ana María Díaz Collazos Second person forms of address in New Mexican Spanish, 1687–1936 • Israel Sanz-Sánchez Sociolinguistic variation and change in Chilean voseo • Marcela Rivadeneira Valenzuela Forms of address in historical and geographical context • Carlos Benavides Section II. Pragmatics and dialect contact Pragmatic variation in voseo and tuteo negative commands in Argentinian Spanish • Mary Johnson Second person singular forms in Cali Colombian Spanish: Enhancing the envelope of variation • Gregory M. Newall ¿De dónde sos?: Differences between Argentine and Salvadoran voseo to tuteo accommodation in the United States • Travis Sorenson Use and perception of the pronominal trio vos, tú, usted in a Nicaraguan community in Miami, Florida • Karen López Alonzo Second person forms in social context • Claudia Parodi Section III. Forms of address, attitudes and identity The changing system of Costa Rican pronouns of address: Tuteo, voseo, and ustedeo • Jim Michnowicz, J. Scott Despain & Rebecca Gorham Reconceptualizing identity and context in the deployment of forms of address • Chase Wesley Raymond Making the case for increased prestige of the vernacular: Medellín’s voseo • Joseph R. Weyers “Fijáte…sabes que le digo yo”: Salvadoran voseo and tuteo in Oregon • Michael R. Woods & Naomi Lapidus Shin Forms of address and community identity • Bettina Kluge Conclusion. Creating an ecology of forms of address: Building upon what we know • Susana Rivera-Mills Index