Written Subject Pronoun Expression among Spanish Heritage Language Learners

Carmen Fernandez Florez

doi:10.18002/ehf.i45.7698

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Carmen Fernandez Florez Grand Valley State University

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https://doi.org/10.18002/ehf.i45.7698

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variación lingüística, sociolingüística, expresión del pronombre sujeto, lengua de herencia

Resumen

Este artículo analiza la producción del pronombre sujeto en español desde una nueva perspectiva: el género escrito. A través del análisis de 90 ensayos escritos por estudiantes de español como lengua de herencia, el presente estudio ofrece avances en el entendimiento del comportamiento del pronombre sujeto en la escritura. Aunque el comportamiento del pronombre sujero varía en cuanto a su frecuencia de uso en las diferentes variedades de español, se han encontrado patrones similares que predicen el comportamiento de dichos pronombres (Carvalho et al., 2015). El presente estudio explora si estos patrones de comportamiento (explorados hasta ahora solo en el ámbito de la oralidad) se mantienen en la escritura de nuestros participantes: hablantes de herencia.

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