Chapter 8
‘Debemos aprender y manejar un poco mejor el español’
An approach to the linguistic attitudes of the Afro-Peruvian
people in the district of El Carmen (Chincha)
This is a preliminary research about the
linguistic attitudes of Afro-Peruvian participants living in El
Carmen, a district located in Chincha (Peru), at the South-Central
coast of Peru. Data were collected from in-depth interviews
conducted to Afro-Peruvian participants born in El Carmen.
Linguistic attitudes are addressed from a Mentalist approach (González, 2009; Zamora, 2015). Results
reveal that Afro-Peruvian participants experience linguistic
uncertainty about their own way of speaking as they consider it
incorrect compared to the Lima inhabitants’ way of speaking, which
they perceive as more prestigious. On the other hand, they tend to
assess negatively the way of speaking of the Peruvian Highlands
inhabitants, as they consider these regions are plenty of indigenous
languages from the Andes.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theoretical approach
- 3.Previous studies
- 4.Methodology
- 4.1Participants
- 4.2Instruments
- 5.Results
- 5.1What do you understand by speaking Spanish correctly?
- 5.2In which areas of Peru do people speak Spanish
incorrectly?
- 5.3In which areas of Peru do people speak the worst
Spanish?
- 5.4In which areas of Peru do you like how Spanish is
spoken?
- 5.5What is your opinion on the manner of speaking in El Carmen
district?
- 5.6Do you feel identified with the way of speaking Spanish in El
Carmen?
- 5.7Do you think that in El Carmen district people speak Spanish
correctly?
- 5.8If you could change your way of speaking, what accent would
you like to have?
- 6.Analysis
- 7.Conclusions
- 8.Further research
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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References
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Appendix