Inquiries in Hispanic linguistics : from theory to empirical evidence

Inquires In Hispanic Linguistics: From Theory To Empirical Evidence' Showcases Eighteen Chapters From Formal And Empirical Approaches Related To Spanish Syntax And Semantics, Phonetics And Phonology, And Language Contact And Variation. Drawing On Data From A Number Of Monolingual And Contact Spanish Varieties, This Volume Represents The Most Current Themes And Methods In The Field Of Hispanic Linguistics. The Book Brings Together Both Established And Emerging Scholars, And Readers Will Appreciate The Variety Of Theoretical Approaches, Ranging From Generative To Variationist Perspectives. The Book Is Geared Towards Researchers And Students In Spanish And Romance Linguistics. Given Its Scope And Quality, This Volume Is Also Well-suited For Graduate Courses In Spanish Morphosyntax, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, And Language Contact And Change. Towards A Theory Of Assertion Structure: Higher And Lower Focus In Colombian Spanish / José Camacho -- Towards A Theory Of Pronomial Verb Construction In Spanish / Grant Armstrong -- On The Grammaticality Of Recomplementation In Spanish / Joshua Frank -- Synchronic Change In A Multidialectal Spanish Community: Evidence From Null And Postverbal Subjects / Laura Domínguez & Glyn Hicks -- Exploring The Syntax-semantics-prosody Interface: Complement Clauses In Conversation / Jonathan Steuck -- Generalized Gradability And Extremeness In Puerto Rican Spanish / Ramón Padilla-reyer, Javier Gutiérrez-rexach & Melvin González-rivera -- On The Mistaken Idenitty Of Negated Epistemics / Elizabeth Gielau -- The Mestizo Speech: Participant Selection And Task Choice In L2 Speech / Laura Colantoni -- Stressed Clitics In Argentine Spanishl Which Way Does The Clitic Lean? / Gabrielle Klassen & Matthew Patience -- On The Simplification Of A Prosodic Inventory: The Afro-bolivian Spanish Case / Sandro Sessarego & Rajiv Rao -- Segmental Anchoring In Peruvian Amazonian Spanish Intonation / Miguel García -- The Prodody-pragmatics Interface In The Pragmaticalization Of ¡hombre! As A Discourse Marker / Brendan Regan -- Sociolinguistic Implications On Perception: The Case Of The Posterior /r/ In Puerto Rican Spanish / Gibran Delgado-díaz & Iraida Galarza -- Vosotros, Ustedes, And The Myth Of The Symmetrical Castilian Pronoun System / Terrell A. Morgan & Scott A. Schwenter -- Microvariation In The Null Object Parameter: Word Order In Cuban Spanish / Ashlee Dauphiais Civitello & Luis A. Ortiz-lópez -- An Analysis Of Subjunctive Frequency And Semantic Predictors Of Mood In Central Agentinian Spanish / Muriel Gallego -- The Future Is In The Past: A Diachronic Analysis Of Variable Future-in-the-past Expression In Spanish / Danielle Daidone & Sara Zahler -- Double Possession In Peruvian Amazonian Spanish / Miguel Rodríguez-mendoñedo & Stephen Fafulas. Edited By Alejandro Cuza, Lori Czerwionka, Daniel J. Olson. This Collection Of Peer-reviewed Research Papers Originated From The 18th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Hosted By The Department Of Spanish And Portuguese, In The School Of Languages And Cultures At Purdue University In November Of 2014. The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium Has Emerged As The Foremost International Conference For The Study Of Spanish And Portuguese Linguistics. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.