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On the Nature of Cross-Linguistic Transfer: A Case Study of Andean Spanish
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Muntendam, Antje G. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
This paper presents the results of a study on cross-linguistic transfer in Andean Spanish word order. In Andean Spanish the object appears in preverbal position more frequently than in non-Andean Spanish, which has been attributed to an influence from Quechua (a Subject-Object-Verb language). The high frequency of preverbal objects could be…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), American Indian Languages, Linguistic Borrowing, Transfer of Training
On Grammaticality in Native American English: The Evidence from Isleta
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Leap, William L. – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
This paper considers some aspects of sentence construction characteristic of the variety of English spoken at Isleta pueblo, an Indian community located fifteen miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. (CK)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language)
Prospects for American Indian English Linguistics Research. Papers in Southwest English 1: Research Techniques and Prospects.
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Leap, William L. – 1975
Several focal points for southwestern American Indian English research are proposed. This variation is used on reservations or in urban Indian enclaves when the "Indianness" of the discussion or participants needs formal linguistic marking. One research goal is to demonstrate that tribal varieties of Indian English actually exist.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies