First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia

The current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews...

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Main Author:	Philip P. Limerick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad del Valle 2021-01-01
Series:	Lenguaje
Subjects:	first-person subjects third-person subjects subjects subject pronoun expression mexican spanish morphosyntactic variation
Online Access:	https://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/10453/13190

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spelling	doaj-63d81fb7930b4674baa828234392cfe12021-03-01T21:46:46ZengUniversidad del ValleLenguaje0120-34792539-38042021-01-0149110413410.25100/lenguaje.v49i1.10453First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of GeorgiaPhilip P. Limerick0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2271-2175Eastern Kentucky UniversityThe current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews are employed to examine tokens of 1sg and third-person variable SPE and their usage patterns, considering factors such as tense-mood-aspect (TMA), switch reference, polarity, and verb class by means of logistic regression analyses. Results suggest that all four factors influence 1sg variation, but that third-person variation is restricted to switch reference and TMA. In addition, a significant link between switch reference and TMA is found for third-person subjects, but not for 1sg. The findings lend further support to previous scholars advocating the importance of studying individual grammatical persons in SPE research as this can reveal previously obfuscated nuances in the patterns of subject variation.https://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/10453/13190first-person subjectsthird-person subjectssubjectssubject pronoun expressionmexican spanishmorphosyntactic variation
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author_facet	Philip P. Limerick
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title	First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
title_short	First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
title_full	First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
title_fullStr	First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
title_full_unstemmed	First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia
title_sort	first-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: the case of mexican spanish in the u.s. state of georgia
publisher	Universidad del Valle
series	Lenguaje
issn	0120-3479 2539-3804
publishDate	2021-01-01
description	The current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews are employed to examine tokens of 1sg and third-person variable SPE and their usage patterns, considering factors such as tense-mood-aspect (TMA), switch reference, polarity, and verb class by means of logistic regression analyses. Results suggest that all four factors influence 1sg variation, but that third-person variation is restricted to switch reference and TMA. In addition, a significant link between switch reference and TMA is found for third-person subjects, but not for 1sg. The findings lend further support to previous scholars advocating the importance of studying individual grammatical persons in SPE research as this can reveal previously obfuscated nuances in the patterns of subject variation.
topic	first-person subjects third-person subjects subjects subject pronoun expression mexican spanish morphosyntactic variation
url	https://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/10453/13190
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First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia

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