This paper describes the linguistic features of Afro-Peruvian Spanish as spoken in the municipality of El Carmen, in the immediate vicinity of Chincha. These are linguistic variants that can mostly be found in other parts of Peru, being always stigmatized as ‘peasant’, ‘vulgar’, etc. Some features, however, are rather unusual within their national context and may even be related to Caribbean Spanish or to other afrovernacular varieties spoken in Latin America. Against this background, some comments about the place of Afro-Peruvian Spanish in the Peruvian variational context and in the so-called Afro-Hispanic Linguistics turn out to be mandatory. Finally, this paper highlights the actual need of an accurate variational description of Afro-Peruvian Spanish, even more as the Afro-Peruvian community is demanding and, fortunately, gaining visibility in today’s Peru (although much wo...

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Este artículo presenta una descripción de los rasgos lingüísticos característicos del español afroperuano del distrito de El Carmen, en las inmediaciones de Chincha. En su mayor parte, se trata de variantes que pueden hallarse en otras regiones con marcas diasistemáticas como ‘campesino’, ‘vulgar’, etc.; algunos rasgos, no obstante, son más inusuales en su contexto nacional y llegan a enlazar con el español del Caribe o con otros vernáculos hablados por comunidades afrodescendientes de  Hispanoamérica. Por todo ello, se incluye una serie de reflexiones sobre la posición del afroperuano en el dominio variacional nacional, primero, y en el marco de la llamada “lingüística afrohispánica”, después. Finalmente, se destaca la importancia de una caracterización adecuada de esta variedad en un tiempo en el que,  felizmente, y a pesar del largo camino por recorrer, ...

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This paper describes the linguistic features of Afro-Peruvian Spanish as spoken in the municipality of El Carmen, in the immediate vicinity of Chincha. These are linguistic variants that can mostly be found in other parts of Peru, being always stigmatized as ‘peasant’, ‘vulgar’, etc. Some features, however, are rather unusual within their national context and may even be related to Caribbean Spanish or to other afrovernacular varieties spoken in Latin America. Against this background, some comments about the place of Afro-Peruvian Spanish in the Peruvian variational context and in the so-called Afro-Hispanic Linguistics turn out to be mandatory. Finally, this paper highlights the actual need of an accurate variational description of Afro-Peruvian Spanish, even more as the Afro-Peruvian community is demanding and, fortunately, gaining visibility in today’s Peru (although much wo...

Este trabajo avanza en la explicación del uso productivo de vuestro en el español de Cuzco (Perú) sobre la base de nuevos datos de trabajo de campo. Demostramos su significado exclusivamente plural y su integración en el paradigma gramatical de ustedes. Analizamos su valor discursivo de contraste grupal y su valor socioindexical de buena formación. Finalmente, planteamos propuestas provisionales sobre tres aspectos: (1) la extensión diatópica del fenómeno en otras áreas del espacio andino y extra-andino; (2) su evolución diacrónica a partir de las combinaciones de los paradigmas de vosotros y ustedes; y (3) la actuación indirecta del contacto lingüístico, considerando el uso contrastivo de vuestro como una estrategia de compensación para categorías comunicativas relevantes regionalmente, gramaticalizadas en el quechua sureño.

This article advances in explaining the productive use of vuestro in Cusco Spanish (Peru), based on new fieldwork data. We highlight its plural meaning and its systematic integration into the paradigm of ustedes. We analyze its discursive value for contrasting groups with each other and its social indexicality as a marker of literacy. Finally, we outline three proposals on the aspects still to be studied: (1) the diatopic diffusion of PL vuestro in other parts of the Andean region (and outside the Andes); (2) its diachronic evolution (as a result of the hybridization of the paradigms of vosotros and ustedes); and (3) the indirect effect of language contact (the contrastive use of vuestro as a compensation strategy for regionally relevant communicative categories, grammaticalized in Southern Quechua).

This article advances in explaining the productive use of vuestro in Cusco Spanish (Peru), based on new fieldwork data. We highlight its plural meaning and its systematic integration into the paradigm of ustedes. We analyze its discursive value for contrasting groups with each other and its social indexicality as a marker of literacy. Finally, we outline three proposals on the aspects still to be studied: (1) the diatopic diffusion of PL vuestro in other parts of the Andean region (and outside the Andes); (2) its diachronic evolution (as a result of the hybridization of the paradigms of vosotros and ustedes); and (3) the indirect effect of language contact (the contrastive use of vuestro as a compensation strategy for regionally relevant communicative categories, grammaticalized in Southern Quechua).