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- The Afro-Bolivian Spanish Determiner Phrase: A Microparametric Account
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The Ohio State University Press
summary
In this important new study, Sandro Sessarego provides a syntactic description of the Afro-Bolivian Spanish determiner phrase. Afro-Bolivian Spanish is one of the many Afro-Hispanic dialects spoken across Latin America and, from a theoretical point of view, is rich in constructions that would be considered ungrammatical in standard Spanish. Yet these constructions form the core grammar of these less-prestigious, but equally efficient, syntactic systems. Because of the wide variety of their usages, Sessarego’s study of these contact varieties is particularly valuable in developing and refining theories of syntactic microvariation. This dialect presents phenomena that offer a real challenge to current linguistic theory. The Afro-Bolivian Spanish Determiner Phrase elaborates on the importance of enhancing a stronger dialogue between formal generative theory and sociolinguistic methodology, in line with recent work in the field of minimalist syntax. Sessarego’s study combines sociolinguistic techniques of data collection with generative models of data analysis to obtain more fine-grained, empirically testable generalizations.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Table of Contents
- pp. viii-ix
- List of Tables
- p. x
- List of Figures
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- 4. From NP to DP
- pp. 52-67
- 6. N-Ellipsis
- pp. 83-110
- 7. Gender and Number Agreement
- pp. 111-122
- 8. Variation in the Determiner Phrase
- pp. 123-142
- 9. Conclusion
- pp. 143-146
- References
- pp. 147-158
- Back Cover
- p. 166
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814273210
Related ISBN(s)
9780814212653
MARC Record
OCLC
898005172
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2014-12-10
Language
English
Open Access
Yes