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Sorenson, Travis – Hispania, 2013
Central America, including El Salvador, has been cited as the least studied of the Spanish-language dialect zones. The paucity of linguistic research extends to the language use of these populations in the United States, including that of Salvadorans who have relocated there. This paper analyzes Salvadorans' utilization of "voseo" and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Foreign Countries, Spanish, Language Variation
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Reyes-Rodriguez, Antonio – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2008
Linguistically, political discourses have generally been discussed within qualitative approaches (e.g., Blackledge, 2005; Chilton, 2004; Chomsky, 2004; van Dijk, 2005; Wodak, 2002). This paper presents tools to design a quantitative research relating political speech with sociolinguistic variables. Notions such as Accommodation Theory (Giles &…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Pragmatics