Fonología y gramática: el caso de /s/ final de palabra en el español canario

Authors

  • Manuel Almeida Universidad de la Laguna
  • Esteban San Juan Universidad de la Laguna

Abstract

This article examines the linguistic and social contraints affecting word final -/s/ delation in a little village in the Canary Islands (El Lomo Largo, La Laguna). Quantitative analysis confirmed almost our initial hypothesis, this is,  -/s/ delation is conditioned by phonological, syntactic, semantic and lexical factors. The only social variable studied, age, was not significant.