loísmo
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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No la gusta la nata.
No le gusta la nata. (standard) |
loísmo m (plural loísmos)
- the nonstandard practice of using lo or la as indirect object pronouns when referring to people, instead of the standard le
- 2002, Marcela Flores Cervantes, Leísmo, laísmo y loísmo. Sus orígenes y evolución, page 195:
- En los estudios tradicionales sobre el tema del leísmo, el laísmo y el loísmo, no ha sido señalada la asociación del cambio con las cualidades aspectuales del evento.
- In traditional studies on the topic of leísmo, laísmo, and loísmo, the association of the change with the aspectual attributes of the event has not been signaled.
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Further reading
- “loísmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “loísmo” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
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