“…Somewhat surprisingly, aspiration has not been reported for the Spanish of border communities in northeastern Uruguay, with the exception of Carvalho ( 2006a ), who examines the aspiration of syllable-fi nal / s / as a prestige marker in the Spanish of Rivera, the most populous city on the Uruguayan side of the border with Brazil. Th is may be due to the fact that aspiration has only recently entered into the Spanish of this contact variety and has traditionally, perhaps even stereotypically, been regarded as a dialect in which / s / was maintained (Carvalho, 2006a ). It also may be due to the fact that past studies of language use on the border have focused primarily on Portuguese (alternately referred to as Dialectos portugueses del Uruguay or fronterizo by linguists and portuñol by non-linguists) (Carvalho, 1998(Carvalho, , 2003a(Carvalho, , 2003b(Carvalho, , 2004Elizaincín 1976Elizaincín , 1992aElizaincín , 1992bElizaincín et al, 1987 ;Hensey, 1972 ;Rona, 1965 ).…”