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[Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 41:1] 2026
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Guest column

Moving past the Afro-Hispanic past

ORCiD logo with link | The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Published online: 16 January 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.26001.lip
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The most pressing question: Why and how have Afro-Hispanic varieties survived?
    • 2.1Means
    • 2.2Opportunity
    • 2.3Motive
  • 3.Surviving Afro-Hispanic language: The imprint of language contact(s)?
    • 3.1Spontaneous language restructuring
    • 3.2Possible African imprints
    • 3.3Beyond binary language contacts: Afro-indigenous encounters
    • 3.4The final phase: Afro-Asian/Pacific contacts
  • 4.The role of (self-) awareness
  • 5.Back to how and why: The cumulative effects of isolation
  • 6.Surviving Afro-Hispanic traits as historical stress-level measure?
  • 7.Whither Afro-Hispanic linguistics?
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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