2016
DOI: 10.1075/ihll.10.12mic
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The changing system of Costa Rican pronouns of address

Abstract: This study examines the reported use of three forms of address (tú, vos, usted) in Costa Rican Spanish. Previous studies indicate three phenomena of interest: (1) Usted is used with [+solidarity] interlocutors; (2) While tuteo has been historically absent, some studies suggest an increase in tuteo use among young speakers; (3) Older studies indicated that younger speakers were increasing their use of vos. Based on 209 surveys, results indicate an increase in ustedeo among younger speakers, which contradicts ea… Show more

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“…Chilean Spanish is an unusual case because usted can be employed to address relatives, and such usage produces interesting mixes of pronoun usage in one single sentence [My translation]. (Butt and Benjamin, 1988, p. 131) Antioquia, Colombia, and Chile are joined by "voseante" varieties such the ones found in Costa Rica (Michnowicz, Despain, & Gorham, 2016) and other Central American countries where the study of pronouns of address in L1 Spanish is less common, but not simpler.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Chilean Spanish is an unusual case because usted can be employed to address relatives, and such usage produces interesting mixes of pronoun usage in one single sentence [My translation]. (Butt and Benjamin, 1988, p. 131) Antioquia, Colombia, and Chile are joined by "voseante" varieties such the ones found in Costa Rica (Michnowicz, Despain, & Gorham, 2016) and other Central American countries where the study of pronouns of address in L1 Spanish is less common, but not simpler.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%