Spanish in Africa/Africa in Spanish

Current challenges and methodologies in Afro-Hispanic linguistics

290 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Since the 1960s, Afro-Hispanic linguistics has produced vital knowledge at the intersection of African diaspora studies and Spanish sociolinguistics – yet many misconceptions persist in research literature. To challenge those biased assumptions, the contributions gathered in this volume present current research on Afro-Hispanic varieties from both sides of the Atlantic (Equatorial Guinean Spanish, Palenquero, Afro-Puerto Rican Spanish from Loíza, San Andrean [Colombia] Raizal Spanish) and address the influence of Portuguese-based Creoles on Afro-Hispanic varieties during the early colonial era.

Conceived in cooperation with students, activists, social workers, civil servants, and researchers who work with Afro-Hispanic languages and communities (as well as with other languages and communities who suffer linguistic, social, and racial marginalization), this volume adopts a social justice framework that seeks tangible, material, and quality-of-life improvements for the speech communities in which it investigates. It includes best practices for empirical research, recruitment of respondents and informants, fieldwork and archival work, and pedagogical and community-facing applications of research.

• Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie
• ISBN: 9783111340647
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2024
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Adrián Rodríguez-Riccelli, Rey Romero