Variación dialectalprocesos de convergencia y divergencia en el español de Canarias
ISSN: 0212-4130
Year of publication: 2007
Issue Title: Homenaje a Antonio Lorenzo
Issue: 25
Pages: 337-346
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna
Abstract
This paper offers a reflection on some processes that are occurring in the Canarian Spanish and that coincide with those attested in other southern varieties of the Spanish language. On the one hand, such processes show the existence of a tendency towards a dialectal linguistic levelling, as the almost generalized «yeísmo» of nowadays proves. On the other hand, they also provide evidence of divergent dialectal models in our community, that is, of the tendency to maintain specific varieties and vernacular features in opposition to a contrary tendency to abandon particular uses and adopt standard linguistic forms instead.