Chapter 8. ‘Debemos aprender y manejar un poco mejor el español’
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Pamela Jiménez Lizama
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Social and linguistic factors shaping language dynamics across the Spanish-speaking world 1
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Part I. Morpho-syntax & semantics
- Chapter 1. Cross-dialectal productivity of the Spanish subjunctive in nominal clause complements 11
- Chapter 2. Mood selection in a contact variety 33
- Chapter 3. A corpus analysis of the structural elaboration of Spanish heritage language learners 55
- Chapter 4. Evidentiality and epistemic modality in the Andean Spanish verb 75
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Part II. Phonetics & phonology
- Chapter 5. Realizations of /b/ in the Spanish of Lima, Peru 107
- Chapter 6. Did you say peso or beso ? 127
- Chapter 7. Sheísmo in Montevideo Spanish 163
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Part III. Language attitudes & choice
- Chapter 8. ‘Debemos aprender y manejar un poco mejor el español’ 189
- Chapter 9. Language choice and use by bilingual preschoolers 211
- Chapter 10. Decolonial sociolinguistics gestures of Andean Quechua-Spanish bilingual college students promoting Quechua 231
- Chapter 11. New Mochica and the challenge of reviving an extinct language 253
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Social and linguistic factors shaping language dynamics across the Spanish-speaking world 1
-
Part I. Morpho-syntax & semantics
- Chapter 1. Cross-dialectal productivity of the Spanish subjunctive in nominal clause complements 11
- Chapter 2. Mood selection in a contact variety 33
- Chapter 3. A corpus analysis of the structural elaboration of Spanish heritage language learners 55
- Chapter 4. Evidentiality and epistemic modality in the Andean Spanish verb 75
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Part II. Phonetics & phonology
- Chapter 5. Realizations of /b/ in the Spanish of Lima, Peru 107
- Chapter 6. Did you say peso or beso ? 127
- Chapter 7. Sheísmo in Montevideo Spanish 163
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Part III. Language attitudes & choice
- Chapter 8. ‘Debemos aprender y manejar un poco mejor el español’ 189
- Chapter 9. Language choice and use by bilingual preschoolers 211
- Chapter 10. Decolonial sociolinguistics gestures of Andean Quechua-Spanish bilingual college students promoting Quechua 231
- Chapter 11. New Mochica and the challenge of reviving an extinct language 253
- Index 275
