The goal of this chapter is to present a comparative survey of research paradigms involving
Creoles lexified from Spanish, as well as Afro-Hispanic dialects which promise to shed light …

The Caribbean region is rightfully considered to be the largest repository of Afro-diaspora
culture and language in the Western Hemisphere. In the popular perception of most …

As with any definition, the definition of a creole language, and its use to classify language
varieties formed in contact situations, yields mixed results. In order to define what a creole …

Spanish was spoken in large regions of Latin America characterized by significant African
populations, and that the linguistic characteristics of this creole dialect were largely …

The claim has frequently been made by scholars that Africans in the Spanish Caribbean,
deprived of the opportunity for learning the prevailing dialects of Spanish, developed a …

Abstract Structural similarities among (Africanized) Creole Spanish dialects, from the 15th
century to the present day, have led to hypotheses of common origin and/or mutual …

This collection represents an important contribution not only to creole linguistics but also to
Caribbean studies and English dialectology. It contains eleven essays on the special …

My own recent ªeldwork on the island of Barbuda, just to the north of Antigua, has raised
questions regarding the social context and geographical location of creole language …

OJ L. Dillard, one of the experts in Black English in the USA, suggested in 1975 that it could
be possible to encounter a variety of Black Spanish in Cuba:“Cabrera (all re-ferences) and …

The Caribbean Basin is home to many creole languages, lexically related to French,
English, and–now only vestigially–Dutch. Surrounded by Spanishspeaking nations, and with …