Afro-Peruvian Spanish

Spanish slavery and the legacy of Spanish Creoles

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5771568
AutoresSandro Sessarego (0000-0002-1633-5185, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Páginas184
Fecha de publicación2015-09-24
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaAfro-Peruvian Spanish (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/cll.51
OpenAlexW4211017438
Open LibraryOL30398400M
ISBN9789027252753
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas117

The present work not only contributes to shedding light on the linguistic and socio-historical origins of Afro-Peruvian Spanish, it also helps clarify the controversial puzzle concerning the genesis of Spanish creoles in the Americas in a broader sense. In order to provide a more concrete answer to the questions raised by McWhorter's book on The Missing Spanish Creoles, the current study has focused on an aspect of the European colonial enterprise in the Americas that has never been closely analyzed in relation to the evolution of Afro-European contact varieties, the legal regulations of black slavery. This book proposes the 'Legal Hypothesis of Creole Genesis', which ascribes a prime importance in the development of Afro-European languages in the Americas to the historical evolution of slavery, from the legal rules contained in the Roman Corpus Juris Civilis to the codes and regulations implemented in the different European colonies overseas. This research was carried out with the belief that creole studies will benefit greatly from a more interdisciplinary approach, capable of combining linguistic, socio-historical, legal, and anthropological insights. This study is meant to represent an eclectic step in such a direction

Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · African · African languages · Black People · Blacks · Chincha (Peru) · Dialects · Foreign elements · History · Influence on Spanish · Language and languages · Languages · Peru · Social conditions · Spanish language · Spanish language, dialects