Afro-Peruvian Spanish : Spanish slavery and the legacy of Spanish Creoles /

Afro-Peruvian Spanish : Spanish slavery and the legacy of Spanish Creoles /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sessarego, Sandro, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Description:	xvi, 184 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Creole language library ; volume 51 Creole language library ; v. 51.
Subject:	Spanish language -- Dialects -- Peru. Spanish language -- Dialects -- Peru -- Chincha. Spanish language -- Peru -- Foreign elements -- African. African languages -- Influence on Spanish. Blacks -- Peru -- Languages. Blacks -- Peru -- History. African languages -- Influence on Spanish. Blacks. Blacks -- Languages. Language and languages. Spanish language -- Dialects. Spanish language -- Foreign elements -- African. Chincha (Peru) -- Languages. Peru. Peru -- Chincha. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10390345

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ISBN:	9789027252753 9027252750 9789027267764
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Online version: Sessarego, Sandro. Afro-Peruvian Spanish Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015] 9789027267764

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Summary:	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.<br> As of February 2020, this e-book is Open Access CC BY-NC-ND, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.
Physical Description:	xvi, 184 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789027252753 9027252750 9789027267764