Abstract

CERRON-PALOMINO LOPEZ, ÁLVARO. TO BE MORE PRO OR LESS PRO: VARIATION IN SUBJECT EXPRESSION IN LIMEÑO SPANISH. Lingüística [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.1, pp.61-83. ISSN 2079-312X.

This study has two purposes: on the one hand, to determine the factors that constrain subject pronoun expression in the Spanish variety of Lima, Peru; on the other, to compare these factors to the ones favoring the same variable in other dialects. Through a variationist study employing the statistical program Goldvarb, it was established that the factors favoring the occurrence of subject pronouns in this variety are  second person singular, first person singular, psychological verbs, verba dicendi, switch reference and ambiguous tense-aspect-mood endings. In general, these results are similar to the ones of other dialects, although the hierarchy of the factors is different. It was also found that the Lima variety has the lowest rate of subject pronoun expression of all varieties studied and that, in this respect, it patterns with Peninsular and Mexican dialects. It is concluded that the Lima variety is conservative regarding pronominal subject expression

Keywords : Spanish; Lima; subject; variation; sociolinguistics.

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