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Peer reviewedSilva-Corvalan, Carmen – Language Variation and Change, 1994
This article focuses on a change affecting Spanish in contact with English in the United States: simplification and loss of subjunctive mood morphology. Analysis of conversational data from 17 Mexican American bilinguals representing 3 immigrant groups living in Los Angeles reveals a reduced inclination for the obligatory use of the subjunctive in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Data Analysis
