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Language Contact and Conflict in the Andes: Spanish and the Indigenous Languages

Lecture by Rodolfo Cerron-Palomino from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

Thursday, March 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
Los Angeles, CA United States

An overview, past and present, of the language contact and/or conflict situation in the Andes, with special emphasis on the role played by the major languages - Quechua, Aymara, Puquina and Mochica - in the configuration of present Andean Spanish.

Cost: Free and open to the public

For more information please contact

Gloria Tovar
Tel: (310) 825-4571
gtovar@international.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Spanish and Portuguese, Centro de Estudios Coloniales Iberoamericanos