Title
Variationist analyses of assibilated /r/ in Peruvian Spanish
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis
Abstract
In this chapter, we provide an overview of previous studies of the rhotics in Peruvian Spanish, in both coastal and Andean varieties, followed by a description of the social and contextual factors that influence assibilation. We then describe a study of dialect contact in Lima, focusing on assibilated /r/ in the speech of 40 residents of Lima, comprising first-, second-, and third-generation Andean migrants, as well as classic Limeños. A multivariate analysis showed that migrant generation was the strongest factor conditioning /r/ assibilation in Lima, with the highest probability of assibilation occurring in the first generation and to a much lesser degree in the second generation. The third generation assibilated even less than classic Limeños. Regarding linguistic factors, assibilation had a greater probability of occurrence when /r/ was in initial position and when preceded by a sibilant. We conclude with the implications of this study for language change in Lima and provide suggestions for future research.
Start page
173
End page
187
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Lingüística
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85118025552
Resource of which it is part
The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish
ISBN of the container
9780429577956
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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