First-person singular and third-person subject pronoun variation: The case of Mexican Spanish in the U.S. state of Georgia

• Published in: Lenguaje (Cali, Colombia) Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 104 - 134
• Main Author: Limerick, Philip P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad del Valle 01.06.2021
• Subjects: first-person subjects; mexican spanish; morphosyntactic variation; subject pronoun expression; third-person subjects

The current study analyzes variable subject pronoun expression (SPE) for first-person singular (1sg) and third-person subjects in a variety of Mexican Spanish spoken by first-generation Mexican immigrants in the state of Georgia, Southeastern U.S. Conversational data from sociolinguistic interviews...