Escribas semiletrados o iniciadores del castellano bilingüe andino: el caso del copista de Cristóbal de Molina
This paper seeks to show that a close reading of the only copy of the manuscript Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas (Ritos y fábulas de los incas) by Cristóbal de Molina makes it evident that Molina’s copyst used a semiliterate Spanish—we are thus dealing with an adulterated copy of the or...
| Published in: | Lexis |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2016-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/view/16127 |
| Summary: | This paper seeks to show that a close reading of the only copy of the manuscript Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas (Ritos y fábulas de los incas) by Cristóbal de Molina makes it evident that Molina’s copyst used a semiliterate Spanish—we are thus dealing with an adulterated copy of the original manuscript. In order to support this hypothesis, four issues are discussed: the constant gaps in the process of copying, the blunders in Spanish literacy, the difficulties in Quechua literacy and the evidence showing the interlect (“castellano motoso”) of the copyist. |
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| ISSN: | 0254-9239 |