This study reexamines the nature of forms of address in Chilean Spanish. Traditionally,
survey-, ethnography-and interview-based methods have suggested that the address
system of Chilean Spanish is rather static—in other words, that the choice between second
person singular pronouns and their corresponding verbal inflections is uniquely determined
by the relationship between speaker, interlocutor, and setting. Additionally, when variable
usage has been documented, it has been observed in semi-staged and scripted settings …