Chapter published in:
Hispanic Linguistics: Current issues and new directionsEdited by Alfonso Morales-Front, Michael J. Ferreira, Ronald P. Leow and Cristina Sanz
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 26] 2020
► pp. 328–341
Casting light on the Spanish creole debate
A legal perspective
Sandro Sessarego | University of Texas at Austin | Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies | Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies | Foro Latinoamericano de Antropología del Derecho
This paper provides a legal perspective on the
“Spanish Creole debate”, the debate concerning the paucity of
Spanish creoles in the Americas (Lipski 2005; McWhorter 2000). In so doing, it presents
the Legal Hypothesis of Creole Genesis (LHCG) (Sessarego 2015, 2017a) and tests it on Colombian Chocó, a
remote region, far away from urban centers and legal courts, where
law could hardly be enforced during the colonial period.
Keywords: Spanish creole debate, Legal Hypothesis of Creole Genesis, Chocó Spanish
Published online: 13 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.26.16ses
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.26.16ses
