Afro-Hispanic linguistic remnants in Mexico: the case of the Costa Chica region

In the last decades, the study of Afro-Spanish varieties that developed during the Colonial period in the Americas has seduced many scholars. The analysis of these Afro-Hispanic speech patterns is crucial to determine their creolized or non-creolized status, as well as to understand the scarcity of...

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Main Author: Rosas Mayén, Norma (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft [2021]
Madrid Iberoamericana
Series:Lengua y Sociedad en el Mundo Hispánico vol. 45
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Online Access:DE-12
DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary:In the last decades, the study of Afro-Spanish varieties that developed during the Colonial period in the Americas has seduced many scholars. The analysis of these Afro-Hispanic speech patterns is crucial to determine their creolized or non-creolized status, as well as to understand the scarcity of the Spanish-based creoles in the Americas. The present study contributes to this linguistic field by analyzing the current speech of the Afro-Mexicans of the Costa Chica region, one of the largest Afro-Mexican enclaves, while proposing a Rhizomatic Linguistic Model to interpret data derived from contact situations. This investigation not only accounts for the Afro-Hispanic linguistic remnants of this Spanish variety, but also examines the current linguistic characteristics and sociolinguistic status of this speech area on the brink of extinction. In addition, this book advocates on behalf of those Costa Chica Afro-Mexican communities that have been stigmatized and customarily ignored in Mexico's nation-state politics
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (189 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9783968690940
DOI:10.31819/9783968690940

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