Estar Extension in Arizona: A Language Contact Study

abstract: Past research has isolated an extension of the copular verb estar into the domain previously sanctioned for its counterpart, ser. This extension has been found in areas of contact between American English and Spanish speaking Mexican immigrants. A similar situation of contact is in occurre...

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Other Authors: Bonnell, Jamie (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15209