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Peer reviewedMontgomery, Michael; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1993
An analysis of letters written by 19th-century African Americans shows constraints on verbal "-s" marking that parallel those found in the writing of Scotch-Irish immigrants in the same time period and region, specifically a subject type constraint and a proximity to subject constraint. (MDM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
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
