Piero Visconte

List of John Benjamins publications in which Piero Visconte is involved.

Articles

Visconte, Piero 2025 Chapter 3. El code-switching is hitting la aldea: Evidence from Loíza, Puerto Rico Spanish Sociolinguistics in the 21st Century: Current trends and methodologies, Montes-Alcalá, Cecilia and Miguel García (eds.), pp. 68–90 | Chapter

As a result of the United States’ acquisition of Puerto Rico in 1898, there have been extensive economic and cultural exchanges between the two countries (Orama-López, 2012), alongside decades of language disputes driven by political purposes (Millán, 2012). This persistent linguistic contact… read more

Visconte, Piero and Sandro Sessarego  Tracing the origins of Loíza Spanish and the Afro-Hispanic varieties of the Americas: Decreolization or Vernacular Universals? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Online-First Articles | Article

Loíza Spanish (LS) is an Afro-Hispanic vernacular spoken in Loíza, Puerto Rico, by the descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the region during the colonial era. This variety provides a compelling case study for examining language evolution and its implications for Creole studies. This… read more