Southwest Journal of Linguistics articles from December 2006

Southwest Journal of Linguistics archives from December 2006

Noroc!; Merci; !que lindo!; sorry: some polite speech acts across cultures.(2005 Presidential Address)
December 1, 2006... ABSTRACT: This paper addresses the ritual realization of four inherently polite speech acts in English, French, Spanish and Romanian--thanks, apologies, compliments, and wishes--focusing on the linguistic formulas used in each case. Although...

Hasta aqui hemos llega(d)o: ?un caso de variacion morfologica? Factores estructurales y estilisticos en el espanol de una comunidad bilingue.(Table)
December 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. This paper deals with the influence of structural and stylistic factors in the retention vs. elision of -/d/- in the Spanish words finished in -ado (termina(d)o, merca(d)o)- in Castellon, a Spanish bilingual community, where the...

The development of fine-grained phonological knowledge in adult second language learners of Spanish.(Table)(Case study)
December 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. The present study used novel words to investigate adult Spanish learners' sensitivity to subtle, yet statistically predictable subpatterns in stress and diphthongization. It builds on recent findings showing that native speakers have...

Vietnamese rhyme.(Hanoi and Saigon dialects)
December 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. Various places of articulation, e.g. coronal, velar, labial, and laryngeal, have been proposed as being unmarked for consonants. This paper provides a description of the rhymal systems in the two major dialects of Vietnam, Hanoi and...

On speaking to him (Coyote): the discourse functions of the yi-/bi- alternation in some Chiricahua Apache narratives.(Table)
December 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. This paper concerns the use of the yi-/bi- alternation in a collection of Chiricahua Apache Coyote stories told by Samuel E. Kenoi to Harry Hoijer in the 1930s. Through a close reading of these texts it is argued that the yi-/bi-...

Surviving linguistics: a guide for graduate students.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Surviving linguistics: a guide for graduate students. By MONICA MACAULAY. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press 2006. Pp. 143. Anyone beginning graduate studies in linguistics or considering studying linguistics at the graduate level should own...

Spanish heritage language education in the United States: struggling with hypotheticals.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Spanish heritage language education in the United States: struggling with hypotheticals. By MARTA FAIRCLOUGH. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert/Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2005. Pp 264. Paper $19.80. The number of Spanish heritage language programs...