Análisis del uso peculiar americano de la partícula ‘hasta’ en la ciudad de Monterrey, México

Abstract

‘Hasta’ as a particle has been an element of discussion, since its use shows differences depending on the linguistic communities of the Spanish language; one of the highlights in this debate is that American Spanish has considered non-prescriptive effects in multiple works dedicated to the functions of this particle. The present study, by means of examples taken from the macrocorpus “El habla de Monterrey”, contrasts the evidence of oral production of the use of ‘hasta’ with the theory as presented in grammar manuals and lexicographical works. The main hypothesis that supports this work is that American Spanish has had a different development from Peninsular Spanish, and the main objective is to describe and illustrate the use that speakers of the city of Monterrey give to this particle.

Keywords

• american spanish
• corpus linguistics
• normative
• oral corpus
• particles