Using Spanish

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Using Spanish

1.1 The Spanish language today 1
1.2 Local variety and standard 1
1.3 Peninsular and American Spanish 2
1.4 Register 2
1.4.1 R1 2
1.4.2 R2 3
1.4.3 R3 3
1.5 ‘Correctness’ 3
2 Passages illustrating register and local variety 4
2.1 Example of R1∗ (Peninsular Spanish): Un encuentro en la calle 4
2.2 Example of R1 (Mexican Spanish): ¡P´elate! Que vamos al cine 6
2.3 Example of R1 (Peninsular Spanish): Cosas de cr´ıos 7
2.4 Example of R1 (Argentine Spanish): from Don Segundo Sombra, by
R. G¨uiraldes 8
2.5 Example of R2 (Peninsular Spanish): Una agencia de viajes 10
2.6 Example of R2 (Latin-American Spanish): from Resumen, Caracas,
12 August 1984 12
2.7 Example of R2–3 (Peninsular Spanish): Intercambio de casas 13
2.8 Example of R2–3 (Peninsular Spanish): from San Manuel Bueno,
m´artir, by M. de Unamuno 15
2.9 Example of R2–3 (Latin-American Spanish): Viajando a trav´es de la
ciudad de M´exico by Jorge Larracilla 16
2.10 Example of R3 (Latin-American Spanish): from El Comercio, Quito,
2 October 1985 17