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Contact-Induced or Context-Driven? A Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Exploration of Spanish Deictic Motion Verbs in the Rio Grande Valley
Contact-Induced or Context-Driven? A Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Exploration of Spanish Deictic Motion Verbs in the Rio Grande Valley
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260311091546.5
- ISBN
- 9798270229085
- DDC
- 410
- 서명/저자
- Contact-Induced or Context-Driven? A Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Exploration of Spanish Deictic Motion Verbs in the Rio Grande Valley / Amalia E Merino
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025
- 형태사항
- 1 electronic resource (249 pages)
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisors: Toribio, Almeida Jacqueline; Koike, Dale April Committee members: Nagle, Charlie; Pascual y Cabo, Diego.
- 학위논문주기
- - Ph.D. : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation explores the continuity and change of Spanish as a heritage language in the Rio Grande Valley, with particular focus on the variation in the perception and use of deictic motion verbs (venir 'come' and traer 'bring') among English-Spanish bilingual speakers from diverse sociolinguistic backgrounds. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, this study integrates perspectives from language contact theory, heritage language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics to examine both grammatical acceptability judgments and spontaneous verbal behavior. The quantitative phase of the study employed an Acceptability Judgment Task (AJT), which, despite a range of factors (e.g., speaker type, self-reported proficiency in both languages, and travel history), initially appeared to predict variation in verb usage, but only age of Spanish acquisition emerged as a statistically significant predictor in a comprehensive linear mixed-effects model. Specifically, participants who acquired Spanish later in life exhibited a higher tolerance for non-canonical verb-adverb combinations, suggesting that later exposure to Spanish may allow for greater flexibility in these structures, potentially influenced by cross-linguistic transfer from English. Yet, despite the predictive power of age of Spanish acquisition, the analysis also uncovered considerable individual variation within the heritage speaker group. This variability complicates traditional native-heritage speaker dichotomies and points to the need for more nuanced models of bilingual grammar. To enrich these quantitative findings, a qualitative analysis was conducted with a subset of four participants who, despite similar sociolinguistic profiles, demonstrated divergent AJT scores. This qualitative phase focused on in-depth sociolinguistic interviews, revealing that the variation observed cannot be solely attributed to age of acquisition; rather, it reflects a complex interplay between individual cognitive processes, sociocultural context, and the broader linguistic landscape of the Valley. Collectively, these results challenge prevailing assumptions about the nature of heritage language variation and suggest that future research on U.S. Spanish must move beyond isolated sociolinguistic variables to consider how such variables interact within the broader community context. This dissertation contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of bilingual language development by shedding light on the mechanisms through which Spanish evolves in environments characterized by long-standing language contact and stable bilingualism, such as the Rio Grande Valley.
- 언어주기
- English
- 일반주제명
- Bilingual education
- 일반주제명
- Linguistics
- 일반주제명
- Sociolinguistics
- 기타저자
- The University of Texas at Austin Spanish and Portuguese
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■5021 ▼bPh.D.▼cThe University of Texas at Austin▼d2025.
■520 ▼aThis dissertation explores the continuity and change of Spanish as a heritage language in the Rio Grande Valley, with particular focus on the variation in the perception and use of deictic motion verbs (venir 'come' and traer 'bring') among English-Spanish bilingual speakers from diverse sociolinguistic backgrounds. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, this study integrates perspectives from language contact theory, heritage language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics to examine both grammatical acceptability judgments and spontaneous verbal behavior. The quantitative phase of the study employed an Acceptability Judgment Task (AJT), which, despite a range of factors (e.g., speaker type, self-reported proficiency in both languages, and travel history), initially appeared to predict variation in verb usage, but only age of Spanish acquisition emerged as a statistically significant predictor in a comprehensive linear mixed-effects model. Specifically, participants who acquired Spanish later in life exhibited a higher tolerance for non-canonical verb-adverb combinations, suggesting that later exposure to Spanish may allow for greater flexibility in these structures, potentially influenced by cross-linguistic transfer from English. Yet, despite the predictive power of age of Spanish acquisition, the analysis also uncovered considerable individual variation within the heritage speaker group. This variability complicates traditional native-heritage speaker dichotomies and points to the need for more nuanced models of bilingual grammar. To enrich these quantitative findings, a qualitative analysis was conducted with a subset of four participants who, despite similar sociolinguistic profiles, demonstrated divergent AJT scores. This qualitative phase focused on in-depth sociolinguistic interviews, revealing that the variation observed cannot be solely attributed to age of acquisition; rather, it reflects a complex interplay between individual cognitive processes, sociocultural context, and the broader linguistic landscape of the Valley. Collectively, these results challenge prevailing assumptions about the nature of heritage language variation and suggest that future research on U.S. Spanish must move beyond isolated sociolinguistic variables to consider how such variables interact within the broader community context. This dissertation contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of bilingual language development by shedding light on the mechanisms through which Spanish evolves in environments characterized by long-standing language contact and stable bilingualism, such as the Rio Grande Valley.
■546 ▼aEnglish
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0227
■650 4▼aBilingual education
■650 4▼aLinguistics
■650 4▼aSociolinguistics
■653 ▼aRio Grande Valley
■653 ▼aDeictic motion verbs
■653 ▼aBilingual speakers
■653 ▼aAcceptability Judgment Task
■7102 ▼aThe University of Texas at Austin▼bSpanish and Portuguese.▼edegree granting institution.
■7201 ▼aToribio, Almeida Jacqueline▼edegree supervisor.
■7201 ▼aKoike, Dale April▼edegree supervisor.
■7730 ▼tDissertations Abstracts International▼g87-06A.
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17361137▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
