Chapter published in:
Variation and Evolution: Aspects of language contact and contrast across the Spanish-speaking worldEdited by Sandro Sessarego, Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana and Adrián Rodríguez-Riccelli
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 29] 2020
► pp. 190–209
‘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)
Pamela Jiménez Lizama | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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.
Keywords: linguistic attitudes, Afro-Peruvian Spanish, Afro-Peruvian people, El Carmen district, Chincha province
Published online: 11 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.29.08jim
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.29.08jim
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