Metalinguistic Concepts and Attitudes toward Mexican Spanish in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
Harjus J, Mayr P (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2024
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Book Volume: 2024
Pages Range: 1-22
Article Number: e16704
Journal Issue: 44
DOI: 10.19053/uptc.0121053X.n44.2024.16704
Open Access Link: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/16704
Abstract
This paper investigates metalinguistic concepts and language attitudes toward Mexican Spanish varieties and Spanish-Amerindian language contact in Oaxaca, Mexico. Theoretical-methodological approaches from Perceptual Dialectology and Metapragmatic Sociolinguistics are used to analyze non-linguists’ views of linguistic variation and their prestige attributions in the multilingual communicative space of southern Mexico. On the data basis of semi-narrative interviews with speakers from the metropolitan region of Oaxaca, we discuss the results of a discourse analysis of these perceptions. The results show a tripartite division of the Oaxacan dialectal space with sporadic mention of salient linguistic features for each conceptualized variational space, an overt prestige for the urban Oaxacan variety and its close link to the Mexico City standard, and a negative attitude toward linguistic interferences coming from Spanish-indigenous language contacts.
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Harjus, J., & Mayr, P. (2024). Metalinguistic Concepts and Attitudes toward Mexican Spanish in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica, 2024(44), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.19053/uptc.0121053X.n44.2024.16704
MLA:
Harjus, Jannis, and Paul Mayr. "Metalinguistic Concepts and Attitudes toward Mexican Spanish in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico." Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica 2024.44 (2024): 1-22.
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