Chapter published in:
Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and EvolutionEdited by Stephen Fafulas
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 23] 2020
► pp. 58–79
Origins and dialectology studies of Spanish in America
Manuel Díaz-Campos | Indiana University
Ángel Milla-Muñoz | Indiana University
This chapter offers a general perspective concerning the origins of American Spanish. This introductory chapter broadly includes the most relevant aspects that characterize Spanish varieties in South America. The first part reviews the influence of the settlers in the formation of Spanish in America. Additionally, contact situations with indigenous languages as well as the impact of African heritage are also investigated. The second part is dedicated to a description of the major dialectal areas in South America and their linguistic features. Departing from prior studies, the chapter depicts the most relevant phonetic and morphosyntactic phenomena. The chapter ends with some concluding remarks about the roots of Spanish in America and its independent developments in different regions of South America.
Keywords: American Spanish, indigenous languages, language contact, variation
Published online: 15 July 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.23.03dia
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.23.03dia
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