The ‘transition dialect’ concept and Canarian Spanish

Some dialectologists reject the idea that the language spoken in the Canary Islands can be considered a dialect. The reasons given to support this thesis are two: the first one is that such a variety has no exclusive language features, and the second is that this speech variety is characterised by a...

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Main Author:	Manuel Almeida
Format:	Article
Language:	Catalan
Published:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2016-02-01
Series:	Revista de Filología Románica
Subjects:	dialectología español canario identidad lingüística homogeneidad
Online Access:	http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/51064

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spelling	doaj-0830d31bd6414f029db9a7b8a511c1b92020-11-25T01:02:57ZcatUniversidad Complutense de MadridRevista de Filología Románica0212-999X1988-28152016-02-01311374710.5209/rev_RFRM.2014.v31.n1.5106448465The ‘transition dialect’ concept and Canarian SpanishManuel Almeida0Instituto de Lingüística “Andrés Bello” Universidad de La LagunaSome dialectologists reject the idea that the language spoken in the Canary Islands can be considered a dialect. The reasons given to support this thesis are two: the first one is that such a variety has no exclusive language features, and the second is that this speech variety is characterised by a great internal variation. This article explores these arguments, but at the same time puts forward some other arguments which oppose this idea; in others words, it is held that the Canary Island speech variety can be viewed as a dialect.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/51064dialectologíaespañol canarioidentidad lingüísticahomogeneidad
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series	Revista de Filología Románica
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description	Some dialectologists reject the idea that the language spoken in the Canary Islands can be considered a dialect. The reasons given to support this thesis are two: the first one is that such a variety has no exclusive language features, and the second is that this speech variety is characterised by a great internal variation. This article explores these arguments, but at the same time puts forward some other arguments which oppose this idea; in others words, it is held that the Canary Island speech variety can be viewed as a dialect.
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The ‘transition dialect’ concept and Canarian Spanish

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