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Copyright of Ager: Journal of Depopulation & Rural Development Studies / Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblación y Desarrollo Rural is the property of Rolde de Estudios Aragoneses and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Esta investigación se enfoca en una interpretación del Discurso (con mayúscula) de una comunidad de profesores y administradores relacionada con el español académico en una zona fronteriza de los Estados Unidos y México. Los autores analizan los valores, actitudes, normas, creencias y prácticas de dicha comunidad frente al español académico, y llegan a la conclusión de que su Discurso conlleva rasgos palpables de una colonización benevolente. This study is centered on an interpretation of the academic Spanish Discourse (with a capital D) of a community of professors and administrators in the Borderlands of the US and Mexico. The authors analyze the values, attitudes, norms, beliefs and practices of this academic community as they relate to academic Spanish. The authors conclude that said Discourse reveals clear traces of a kind of benevolent colonization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Procesos: Revista Ecuatoriana de Historia is the property of Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Sede Ecuador and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

At the beginning of the Hispanic colonization in America, the system of identification of the people who belonged to a community conditioned the acquisition of the advantageous status of "neighbour" to a legal process. This allowed all the members of the community - no matter their ancestors - to have access to that status. In the XVII century this system was replaced by one in which the candidate's acceptance depended on his behaviour and social condition. This led to the exclusion of many native born members. The fact that both, the Creole and the American land identity were underestimated, and the fact that the Spanish were chosen for local administration posts over the Americans, led to a fight for the Creole rights which is reflected in the discourse. The literate members of the American communities used their writings to position themselves socially. The use of a series of strategies in the written work of these Creole authors allows the reading of a proof of vicinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]