Tú and Usted in Mexico City. How much and how does gender, age, and instruction affect them?
Journal Title: Textos en Proceso - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
In this study we focus on the second person singular pronouns tú and usted used in the Spanish of Mexico City, based on three social variables gender, age and educational level (of the speaker and the listener). Throughout the frequency and distribution of these pronominal forms, as well as according to the qualitative perception and the collaborators’ evaluation, we explore the current system of personal treatment and compare it with data obtained in previous studies. Our data indicates that the age, the educational level and the gender of the speakers are relevant in the choice of one or another pronominal form. The comparison with previous studies allows us to appreciate a slight increase of tú in front of usted as from the Seventies; it also allows us to show an age-graded pattern characterized by the use of tú when the speakers are young, and usted when they reach the adulthood. Quantitative and qualitative data come from 48 sociolinguistic questionnaires distributed among speakers from Mexico City as well as internal migrants residing in the Mexican capital, men and women of four generations and three different educational levels.
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Cristal Yeseidy Cepeda Ruiz
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- EP ID EP448243
- DOI 10.17710/tep.2018.4.1.1cepedaruiz
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