What is it about?
Interdialectalisms are linguistic forms created with elements (features, forms, structures) already existing in previously estabished dialects. Therefore they are a consequence of dialect contact.
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Why is it important?
Although the number of interdialectalisms in a regional language variety is usually low, the study of these forms is interesting to better understand the mechanisms underlying language changes, but also to understand the society and culture where those changes occur.
Perspectives
The study of interdialectal forms has not yet gone beyond a descriptive phase, but deeper analyses that develop in the future can provide interesting theoretical information for disciplines such as Dialectology and Sociolinguistics.
Manuel Almeida
Universidad de La Laguna
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This page is a summary of: Spanish (de)queísmo, Spanish in Context, July 2011, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/sic.8.1.01alm.
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