Language Contact and the Making of an Afro-Hispanic Vernacular: Variation and Change in the Colombian Chocó

ISBN-13: 9781108485814 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

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Opis

Explores theoretical and typological issues surrounding the emergence of creole languages, using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The place of Chocó Spanish in the Spanish creole debate; 3. A sketch of Chocó Spanish; 4. Roots of some languages; 5. Black slavery in the Pacific lowlands of Colombia; 6. Testing the legal hypothesis of Creole genesis on colonial Chocó; 7. Final considerations.