CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 - SPRING 2009


RESEARCH ARTICLES

Sibilant Voicing in Ecuadorian Spanish
Sonia Colina

Deaccenting in Spontaneous Speech in Barcelona Spanish
Rajiv Rao

Nuclear Pitch Accents in Majorcan Catalan Declaratives: Phonology,
Phonetics, Diachrony
Miquel Simonet


BOOK REVIEWS

Camacho, Flores-Ferrán, Sánchez, Déprez & Cabrera (eds.): Romance
Linguistics 2006: Selected Papers from the 36th Linguistic Symposium on
Romance Languages (LSRL)
John M. Lipski

Face: Guide to the Phonetic Symbols of Spanish
Marta Ortega-Llebaria

Ewald & Edstrom (eds.): El español a través de la lingüística: Preguntas y
respuestas
Eve Zyzik


STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE
Topic: Linguistics and Speech Technology

Las tecnologías del habla en las lenguas románicas ibéricas
Joaquim Llisterri


VIEWPOINTS
Topic: The Role of the Abstract in Linguistics

Abstractness and Motivation in Phonological Theory
Eric Baković

Abstraction in Adult SLA
Bill VanPatten

The Role of Abstraction in Spanish Phonology: A Laboratory Perspective
Erik W. Willis

The Role of Abstraction in Syntax: A Functional Perspective
Jiyoung Yoon

Abstractness and Generative Syntax
Karen Zagona


DISSERTATION NOTICES

A Usage-Based Account of Syllable- and Word-Final /s/ Reduction in Four
Dialects of Spanish
Earl K. Brown

Performing Bilingualism: An Ethnographic Analysis of Discourse Practices at
a Day Labor Center in the Southwest
Elise M. DuBord
Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics