Approaching lexical loss in Canarian Spanish undergraduates: A preliminary assessment

• Published in: Revista de lingüística y lenguas aplicadas no. 9; pp. 33 - 44
• Main Author: González Cruz, María Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia: Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada 2014
• Subjects: active and passive vocabulary; Canarian; lexical loss; Sociolinguistics; Spanish

Canarian Spanish is one of the most widely studied varieties of Spanish. Apart from significant distinguishing phonetic and grammatical features, this variety is notable for a number of characteristics at the lexical level. In their 2009 two-volume Diccionario ejemplificado de canarismos (henceforth...