Vestiges of an Amerindian-European language contact: Guarani loanwords in Uruguayan Spanish

Yliana Rodríguez (1)

1 Universita de la Republica

Although no indigenous language is spoken in Uruguay today, linguistic interaction between native peoples and Europeans must have been intense given the historical circumstances under which Europeans arrived in this area (Bertolotti and Coll, 2006). In the present work, we have studied 29 Guarani loanwords, looking into their propagation, adaptation and availability in the variety of Spanish spoken in Uruguay. We conclude that Guarani loanwords have propagated and adapted to the recipient language to the point that many of them present high lexical availability in the speech community.

Mots clés: language contact; loanwords; Guarani; Uruguayan Spanish; indigenous language Mots-clés: contact de langues; emprunts; espagnol uruguayen; langue indigène

Domaines: Linguistique

Yliana Rodríguez. Vestiges of an Amerindian-European language contact: Guarani loanwords in Uruguayan Spanish. 18e Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs en Sciences du Langage, Jun 2015, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01495095⟩