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Peer reviewedLipski, John M. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1994
Examines linguistic data from peripheral areas of Mexico and suggests that the contemporary resistance of the final /s/ in Spanish is characteristic only of urban regions. The study also hypothesizes that Spanish final /s/ was once more generally weakened throughout Mexico. An indirect Nahuatl contribution is also postulated. (62 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Variation
