Southwest Journal of Linguistics articles from June 2004

Southwest Journal of Linguistics archives from June 2004

2003 keynote address.
June 1, 2004... EL ATLAS LINGUISTICO DE MEXICO: SUS APORTACIONES DE METODO A LA DIALECTOLOGIA ABSTRACT. A few years ago, the Atlas Linguistico de Mexico (Linguistic Atlas of Mexico) was published in six volumes. It is one of the few complete atlases that...

Native speakers' attitudes toward the use of Spanish by non-native speakers: from George W. To J. Lo.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. This investigation of native speakers' attitudes toward the use of Spanish by non-native speakers considers the following questions: Do native speakers consider the public use of Spanish by non-native speakers to be inappropriate? Do...

Domingo Ramon's 1716 expedition into Texas: on Foik's translation.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. The 1716 Domingo Ramon expedition resulted in the temporary occupation of East Texas from 1716 to 1719 with six missions and a presidio. This expedition represented Spain's commitment to the permanent occupation of the Province of the...

Every affix is an archipelago: Tagalog Ka- as a Semantic Partial.
June 1, 2004... This paper presents a cognitive linguistic analysis of CONSTRUCTIONAL POLYSEMY manifested by Tagalog ka- and its variants. We propose that ka- is a METONYMIC OPERATOR that functions to evoke and mark a SEMANTIC PARTIAL, which we define as the...

Spanish language shift in Chicago.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Over 800 Latino high school and college students in Chicago, Illinois, reported via a written questionnaire that they used Spanish 75% or more of the time with their parents and other adults in the family. However, Spanish use with...

A note on LASSO history: addendum to the 2001 Presidential Address.
June 1, 2004... A copy has surfaced of the early 1972 Winfred Lehmann letter that set in motion events leading to the establishment of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO), revealing some new details about the efforts to found LASSO. ...

Del latin al rumano.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Del latin al rumano. By MARIUS SALA. Par-s: Uni>n Latina; Bucarest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2002. Pp. 193. The place of Romanian among the Romance languages, a topic of research that gave title to Sextil Puscariu's inaugural address to the...

Number.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Number. By GREVILLE G. CORBETT. (Cambridge textbooks in linguistics) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xx, 358. ISBN: 0521640164 (hardback); 0521649706 (paperback). Cloth $69.95; paper $24.95. The book under review is...

The diary of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza's expedition into Texas (1683-1684): A critical edition of the Spanish text with facsimile reproductions.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... The diary of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza's expedition into Texas (1683-1684): A critical edition of the Spanish text with facsimile reproductions. Ed. and Intro. by BRIAN IMHOFF. Dallas, TX: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies,...