Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Key to glosses xv
5. A note on the examples xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. The Palenquero language 9
8. Chapter 2. Palenque 19
9. Chapter 3. A brief sketch of Palenquero grammar 35
10. Chapter 4. Palenquero-Spanish mixing 79
11. Chapter 5. Palenqueros’ thoughts 95
12. Chapter 6. Palenqueros talk back 135
13. Chapter 7. Palenquero-Spanish mixing and models of language switching 167
14. Chapter 8. Palenquero as a second language 173
15. Chapter 9. A window into Palenquero-Spanish bilingualism 229
16. Chapter 10. Conclusions 253
17. References 259
18. Appendix A. Samples of L2 learners’ written lengua ri Palenge 279
19. Appendix B. Examples of written Palenquero in the community 291
20. Appendix C. Palenquero consultants 309
21. Index 315