Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgments; 2. Introduction: Addressing the research questions (by Moyna, Maria Irene); 3. Section I: Diachronic change and regional variation; 4. Voseo and tuteo, the countryside and the city: Voseo in Rio de la Plata Spanish at the beginning of the 19th century (by Bertolotti, Virginia); 5. Pragmatic forces in the evolution of voseo object pronouns from os to te in colonial Spanish (by Collazos, Ana Maria Diaz); 6. Second person forms of address in New Mexican Spanish, 1687-1936 (by Sanz-Sanchez, Israel); 7. Sociolinguistic variation and change in Chilean voseo (by Rivadeneira Valenzuela, Marcela); 8. Forms of address in historical and geographical context (by Benavides, Carlos); 9. Section II: Pragmatics and dialect contact; 10. Pragmatic variation in voseo and tuteo negative commands in Argentinian Spanish (by Johnson, Mary); 11. Second person singular forms in Cali Colombian Spanish: Enhancing the envelope of variation (by Newall, Gregory); 12. 'De donde sos?: Differences between Argentine and Salvadoran voseo to tuteo accommodation in the United States (by Sorenson, Travis); 13. Use and perception of the pronominal trio vos, tu, usted in a Nicaraguan community in Miami, Florida* (by Lopez Alonzo, Karen); 14. Second person forms in social context (by Parodi, Claudia); 15. Section III: Forms of address, attitudes and identity; 16. The changing system of Costa Rican pronouns of address: Tuteo, voseo, and ustedeo (by Michnowicz, Jim); 17. Reconceptualizing identity and context in the deployment of forms of address (by Raymond, Chase Wesley); 18. Making the case for increased prestige of the vernacular: Medellin's voseo (by Weyers, Joseph R.); 19. "Fijate...sabes que le digo yo": Salvadoran voseo and tuteo in Oregon* (by Woods, Michael R.); 20. Forms of address and community identity (by Kluge, Bettina); 21. Conclusion: Creating an ecology of forms of address: Building upon what we know (by Rivera-Mills, Susana); 22. Index