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