Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Program

Spanish

Content Description

1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Lotfi Sayahi

Committee Members

James Collins, Maurice Westmoreland, Lotfi Sayahi

Keywords

Castilian, Catalan, corpus linguistics, genre, Spanish, transcodic markers, Catalan language, Spanish language, Languages in contact

Subject Categories

Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | Linguistics | Modern Languages

Abstract

This dissertation is a study of Castilian transcodic markers in the Catalan written on the Internet. Thirty Castilian transcodic markers representing five categories were run through the interface of the Corpus d'Ús del Català a la Web (CucWeb) to collect information in order to conduct both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The major research questions to be answered deal with the absolute and relative frequencies of these transcodic markers in the CucWeb and the factors behind the production of these non-standard forms. In addition to the frequency of the Castilian transcodic markers in the CucWeb, the initial study provides qualitative analysis of the thirty transcodic markers that highlight patterns of usage. The second investigation consists of ten case studies that utilize multivariate analysis to determine the generic, regional, and linguistic factors behind the usage of these selected transcodic markers.

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