Linguistic characterization of handwritten documents, century XVII in Santiago de Cuba

Abstract

The work focuses on the description from the lexical-semantic-phonic chart and morphosyntactic levels of 40 handwritten documents (baptismal records and notarial protocols) located in the provincial and Historical Archive of the Archbishopric of Santiago de Cuba, to contribute to the study of the history of the Cuban variant of the language. This work provides the linguistic description, the paleographic transcription and rescue of the documents under consideration and determination of its formulaic structure that responds generally to the scheme: dating, provision of the Act, references to the participants and signatures of witness. These results are inserted into the line “Documentary sources in eastern of Cuba and its contribution to the rescue, preservation and promotion of heritage” VLIR Project “Social, humanities and architecture: Facing the Challenges of Local Development in Santiago de Cuba. The Enhancement of Heritage Preservation”.