From the field of sociolinguistics, this research studies a case of morphological variation, the use of imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive of Spanish (-ra/-se), through the concept of variability’s spaces postulated by Caravedo (1991, 2014), wich overcames the sociolinguistic variable’s requirement of semantic equivalence. The sample is formed by 54 Spanish speakers born in Lima with university education. The phenomenon is investigated in order to determine if the variant -ra is displacing the variant -se. In the same way, it is intended to know if the choice of one form or another is statistically conditioned by the verbal tense. It is concluded that the use of -ra exceeds the use of -se in the sample studied. Likewise, verbal tense was shown as a statistically significant variable: simple tense is related to the use of -ra and compound tense, with -se.

En este trabajo, se analiza el uso de la variable imperfecto y pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo -ra/-se en el castellano limeño desde una perspectiva variacionista. A partir de una muestra de hablantes con formación universitaria dividida en tres grupos etarios (jóvenes, adultos y mayores), se propone determinar si -ra está desplazando a -se. Para lo anterior, se analiza si la elección de una u otra variante está condicionada por la edad. Se concluye que el uso de -ra supera al de -se en la muestra estudiada. Asimismo, se comprueba que mientras los jóvenes prefieren más -ra que los adultos y mayores, los últimos usan más -se, lo que confirma que una forma está desplazando a la otra en el castellano limeño.

En este trabajo, desde el campo de la sociolingüística variacionista, se estudia el uso de las formas de imperfecto y pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo del español (-ra/-se) en hablantes nacidos en Lima con formación universitaria. Se investiga el fenómeno con el fin de determinar si la variante -ra está desplazando a la variante -se en la muestra estudiada. Asimismo, se pretende conocer si la elección de una u otra forma está condicionada por variables de corte social (edad y género) y lingüístico (tiempo verbal, tipo de cláusula en el periodo condicional, tipo de oración y polaridad de la cláusula). Los datos con los que se trabajan fueron obtenidos través de entrevistadas a 54 hablantes llevadas a cabo con un cuestionario. Los resultados confirman el uso mayoritario de -ra en detrimento de -se, como sucede en otras variedades del español según la bibliografía consultada...

En este trabajo, desde el campo de la sociolingüística variacionista, se estudia el uso de las formas de imperfecto y pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo del español (-ra/-se) en hablantes nacidos en Lima con formación universitaria. Se investiga el fenómeno con el fin de determinar si la variante -ra está desplazando a la variante -se en la muestra estudiada. Asimismo, se pretende conocer si la elección de una u otra forma está condicionada por variables de corte social (edad y género) y lingüístico (tiempo verbal, tipo de cláusula en el periodo condicional, tipo de oración y polaridad de la cláusula). Los datos con los que se trabajan fueron obtenidos través de entrevistadas a 54 hablantes llevadas a cabo con un cuestionario. Los resultados confirman el uso mayoritario de -ra en detrimento de -se, como sucede en otras variedades del español según la bibliografía consultada...

This paper focuses on analyzing the use of the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive -ra/-se in the Spanish spoken in Lima from a variational perspective. From a sample of university speakers of three age groups (young, adults and older), it is proposed to determine if -ra is displacing -se, for which it will be analyzed if the election of one or another variant is conditioned by age. It is concluded that the use of -ra exceeds that of -se in the sample studied. Likewise, it is found that while young people prefer more -ra than adults and older people, the later ones use more -se, which confirms that one form is displacing the other in the Spanish of Lima.

This paper focuses on analyzing the use of the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive -ra/-se in the Spanish spoken in Lima from a variational perspective. From a sample of university speakers of three age groups (young, adults and older), it is proposed to determine if -ra is displacing -se, for which it will be analyzed if the election of one or another variant is conditioned by age. It is concluded that the use of -ra exceeds that of -se in the sample studied. Likewise, it is found that while young people prefer more -ra than adults and older people, the later ones use more -se, which confirms that one form is displacing the other in the Spanish of Lima.

Within the Critical Discourse Analysis framework and through micro-level linguistic tools, we analyze 64 interviews with Peruvians from Lima and Arequipa about the Venezuelan population recently arrived in Peru with the objective of identifying the main representations on labor and working characteristics of migrants. To do so, we interview two groups of people according to their occupation: basic occupation (mainly services) and non-basic occupation (mainly professionals). This criterion is relevant to identify differences in the discourses of the interviewees. Results point out some positive aspects of migrants, such as being hardworking, friendly and attentive to clients, prepared and educated; on the other hand, they also signal negative features, such as stating that they take work away from locals or describing them as lazy, since it is considered that in Venezuela they were not us...