Synopses & Reviews
Describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language contact and how they have affected contemporary Spanish.
Synopsis
The African slave trade, beginning in the fifteenth-century, brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese. In this book, John Lipski describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language that resulted from this contact, assessing how it has permanently affected regional and social varieties of Spanish today.
About the Author
John Lipski is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University.
Table of Contents
1. Africans in the Iberian Peninsular, the slave trade, and overview of Afro-Iberian linguistic contacts; 2. Early Afro-Portuguese texts; 3. Early Afro-Hispanic texts; 4. Africans in colonial Spanish America; 5. Afro-Hispanic texts from Latin America; 6. Survey of major African language families; 7. Phonetics/phonology of Afro-Hispanic language; 8. Grammatical features of Afro-Hispanic language; 9. The Spanish-creole debate.