El habla y las actitudes de los hispanohablantes de Los Ángeles: síntesis y ampliación del trabajo de Claudia Parodi

Belén Villarreal

doi:10.14672/8.2016.1102

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Belén Villarreal Earlham College

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https://doi.org/10.14672/8.2016.1102

Abstract

Central American migration to Los Angeles, a region where Mexicans predominate, has had considerable linguistic consequences with respect to speech and language attitudes of Spanish speakers in the area. This article offers a summary of the linguistic research of Dr. Claudia Parodi, who employed the tierras altas and tierras bajas system of dialect classification to observe the koineization process that takes place in Los Angeles. It is followed by the description of a study on the language attitudes of over 120 young children in Los Angeles, the results of which help to shed light on language change in the region. In addition to providing evidence of the dialect leveling that transpires in Southern California, research projects of this type help bring about a better understanding of the social and linguistic challenges that different groups of immigrants face when they settle in large cities like Los Angeles.

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