Cuban Spanish Dialectology

In this clear and well-organized treatise, students interested in Cuban Spanish in the United States will find a wealth of information yielded by rigorous research in the areas of phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax, lexicology, and acquisition. -- Jorge Guitart, Professor of Spanish Linguistics, University at Buffalo: The State University of New York

Despite the significant presence of Cuban immigrants in the US, current research on Cuban Spanish linguistics remains underexplored, most crucially its ramifications to areas such as language contact and change. New analyses are desperately called for given the increasing interest in this area of research. The present volume covers these existing lacunae on Cuban Spanish dialectology by providing a state-of-the-art collection of articles from different theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas, including phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and the acquisition of Cuban Spanish as a heritage language. The book is highly valuable to students and scholars interested in Hispanic linguistics and Cuban Spanish dialectology.