The present volume tries to answer the question: What constrains morphosyntactic variation? By analyzing the variable agreement of presentational haber ('there to be') in Caribbean Spanish with advanced statistical tools and theoretical constructs of Cognitive Sociolinguistics, …
Spanish and Portuguese were Romance languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula and were brought to America as the languages of the colonizers in the 16th century. Along the centuries, the two languages developed specific properties that distinguish them from the varieties spoken …
"Recent trends in syntax and morphology have shown the great importance of doing research on variation in closely related languages. This book centers on the study of the morphology and syntax of the two major Romance Languages spoken in Latin America from this perspective. The …
Este volumen reúne una serie de trabajos que se centran en la morfosintaxis histórica hispanoamericana, con el propósito de atender en detalle esta parcela de la investigación lingüística. Las contribuciones siguen planteamientos teórico-metodológicos consolidados o se abren a n…