Abstract
AbstractDialectal studies have traditionally divided Andalusia in three main areas based on the predominance ofseseo,ceceo, ordistinción. However, many speakers present a mix of the three phenomena in their speech, which has led to multiple opinions but has not been empirically studied yet. The purpose of this investigation is to demonstrate, by means of a quantitative sociolinguistic study, that the alternating use ofseseo,ceceo, anddistinciónis no free but that it can ben explained by means of linguistic and social factors. The corpus consists of 36 semi-casual interviews with native speakers of Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville). The results indicate that these Andalusian speakers present a mix ofseseo,ceceo, anddistinción, but all of them tend to favordistinciónin formal contexts.Seseoanddistinciónwere found to be more positively valued in this community thanceceo, as they are more common among young speakers with education, especially women, whilececeois more characteristic of male speech and less education.
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