NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Sandra Descourtis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite their permeation in standard French, language variations, such as "argot" and "verlan" are seldom included in the curriculum of French university language programs in the U.S. Variations are often perceived negatively, leading to stigmatization towards the social groups who use them (Bourdieu 1982; Devereaux and Palmer,…
Descriptors: French, Language Variation, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Sneller, Betsy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The traditional Philadelphia allophonic /ae/ system (henceforth: PHL shown in (1) below) is characterized by a set of complicated conditioning factors and a dramatic acoustic distinction between the two allophones. In recent years, some Philadelphians have begun to exhibit a new allophonic system (NAS, shown in (2) below). Like PHL, NAS is…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Variation, Pronunciation, Acoustics
Budenbender, Eva-Maria Suarez – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The contact between Dominicans and Puerto Ricans is targeted for study as much for its linguistic import as for its social context. Dominican and Puerto Rican Spanish are considered varieties of Caribbean Spanish that differ only by a few phonological and syntactic patterns and a small number of lexical items. Although both varieties are heavily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Security (Psychology), Social Class, Nationalism