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En nombre del voseo: Su incorporación en los estudios universitarios de español dentro del contexto estadounidense

Melgares, Jeriel
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186951

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Spanish.
Although the subject pronoun vos has captured the attention of grammarians and linguists over the years, there are scarcely any studies that focus on the incorporation of this prominent pronoun in university level Spanish classes within the United States context. There is only one study dealing exclusively with this topic conducted by Mason and Nicely (1995), in which they examined high school level and introductory level Spanish textbooks. The study herein contributes valuable information to the field of Spanish education by determining the extent to which voseo has been included in a typical Spanish curriculum via two methodological phases: 1) the analysis of five intermediate level Spanish textbooks, and 2) the survey of the experiences that a group of Spanish instructors have had with voseo. The results of the first phase mirror those of Mason and Nicely (1995); the entirety of the textbooks presents a dialect of Spanish far removed from the sociolinguistic reality of Latin America, through laconic explanations or the overall omission of vos. The results of the second phase corroborate the exigency of including this pronoun in Spanish classes. All who participated suggest teaching vos at the intermediate-to-advanced levels, taking into account the prominence of this pronoun in Latin America and how much the students would benefit from learning it. Considering these results, this thesis addresses the need for producing sound pedagogical materials and developing well-rounded Spanish curricula that include elements of a more general dialect of Spanish. By including voseo, and likewise, other frequent elements that have been the objects of linguistic discrimination, it is ensured that those who specialize in the language will be better prepared to face the linguistic realities of today’s Spanish-speaking world.
Cynthia Ducar, PhD (Advisor)
Lynn Pearson, PhD (Committee Member)
Valeria Grinberg Pla, PhD (Committee Member)
111 p.
Adult Education; Curricula; Curriculum Development; Education; Linguistics
voseo; vos; programas de espa&241; ol; Spanish programs; Spanish textbooks; Spanish education; pronombres de segunda persona; Spanish forms of address

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  • Melgares, J. (2012). En nombre del voseo: Su incorporación en los estudios universitarios de español dentro del contexto estadounidense [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186951

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  • Melgares, Jeriel. En nombre del voseo: Su incorporación en los estudios universitarios de español dentro del contexto estadounidense. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186951.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Melgares, Jeriel. "En nombre del voseo: Su incorporación en los estudios universitarios de español dentro del contexto estadounidense." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186951

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