A History of Afro-Hispanic Language: Five Centuries, Five Continents

The African slave trade brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the fifteenth century, and resulted in the Africans' gradual acquisition of these languages. John Lipski describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language found in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America over the last 500 years. Separating legitimate forms of Afro-Hispanic expression from those that result from racist stereotyping, he shows how contact with the African diaspora has had a permanent impact on Spanish today.

Author: John M. Lipski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/01/2004
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521822657

About the Author
Lipski, John M.: - John Lipski is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University.

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