This paper consists deals with the analysis of some linguistic characteristics in three private letters written by Andalusian emigrates in America during the second half of the xvr century and kept in the Archivo General de Was in SeviUe. Underlying this study is the csnviction that the safest way to study the history of Spanish is the comparison uf original manuscripts. Thus, the graphic mistakes made by scribes show that the appearance of some phonetic traits typical of Andalusian and Spanish-American speech were already present at that time. Besides, the analysis comprises graphic and morphosyntactic problems that show a reminiscence of medieval forms and uses, but that, at the same tiine, suggest an undoubtful modernity in some respects. The text typology may also condition the appearance of variants employed in less formal registers.
Keywords:
American Spanish, History of the Spanish Language, dialectal phonetic and grammaticail variation in Spanish
Ruiz Fernández, F. (2007). Rasgos lingüísticos en tres cartas privadas del siglo XVI. Boletín De Filología, 42, Pág. 319–339. Retrieved from https://revistateoriadelarte.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/20833
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