The diversity of the Spanish language: A comparative study on the material of the Spanish language and its varieties spoken in Latin American countries Cover Image

Różnorodność języka hiszpańskiego. Badania porównawcze na materiale języka hiszpańskiego i jego odmian używanych w krajach Ameryki Łacińskiej
The diversity of the Spanish language: A comparative study on the material of the Spanish language and its varieties spoken in Latin American countries

Author(s): Rita Włodarczyk, Kacper Kocur
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: language diversity; Spanish; Latin America; ethnolinguistics; comparative study.

Summary/Abstract: The authors of this article aimed to point out the differences in lexis and grammatical constructions between the varieties of Spanish spoken in Spain and Latin American countries. In order to obtain the most authoritative material the authors used the answers of respondents from six countries: Argentina, Chile, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. They made this choice because of the mentioned countries’ geographical location as well as the anticipated influence of other languages due to migration processes. This allowed the authors to show a lot of variety in the respondents’ choice of specific words and sentence constructions. The article also discusses the voseo phenomenon, the rioplatense dialect, and phonetic differences between them. They demonstrated the lexical, grammatical, and sociolinguistic differences between the varieties of Spanish.

  • Issue Year: 40/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 137-153
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish