Dialectos en contacto: análisis del habla de la comunidad afroecuatoriana residente en Cuenca

Abstract

Human mobility generates different changes and adaptations in the human groups that come into contact. This occurs in the case of the Afro-Ecuadorian community residing in the city of Cuenca, whose dialect will be the object of study of this research. We are interested in knowing the current characteristics of the dialect of the Afro-Ecuadorian community residing in Cuenca and what is the linguistic attitude of this community in relation to the Cuenca dialect. To this end, we will analyze the phenomenon from the notions of linguistic contact and linguistic attitude, which studies what happens when there is contact between languages or dialects where, in general, the language or dialect that, according to the speakers, has greater prestige prevails. Our research was qualitative with a descriptive and interpretative approach; the techniques used for data collection were interviews and non-participatory observation. The sample consisted of 20 informants belonging to the Afrodescendant Movement of Azuay "María del Tránsito Sozorra". Finally, we present the results of our fieldwork in tables that exemplify the phenomena that the theory of linguistic contact and linguistic awareness addresses