A Sociolinguistic Perspective toward Hiatus Resolution in Mexico City Spanish

Vowels occurring adjacently across word boundaries form what is known as hiatus. In orthographic pronunciation, hiatus is defined by the brief pause between the two vowels as in yo estoy and la economía, where - represents a pause. However, since speakers of Spanish (or any other natural language) d...

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Main Author: Vuskovich, Matthew Anthony
Other Authors: Margaret Parker
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2006
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04032006-165227/