Voices used for and by blacks in the Diccionario provincial casi razonado de vozes (sic) y frases cubanas by E. Pichardo y Tapia

Abstract

The Diccionario provincial casi razonado de vozes (sic) y frases cubanas, by Esteban Pichardo y Tapia, is a recognized work and a must-consult when it comes to studying the lexicon of the period, and is even very useful for contemporary studies with a contrastive look. This work not only collects words whose etymology refers to the different components of Cuban ethnonationality, among them, the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, but also includes others that, although they are of Spanish origin or from other languages, are used only by blacks. or used to refer to it, which gives the dictionary linguistic and anthropological value. This work aims to: analyze the voices collected in the Almost Reasoned Provincial Dictionary of Cuban Voices and Phrases, by Esteban Pichardo, used fundamentally to refer to black people and highlight the activities carried out by them, as an aspect that enriches sociolinguistic and anthropological studies. of this important ethnic component of the Cuban nation. For this purpose, a methodology was developed that is summarized in: analysis of the different entries in the dictionary for the selection of the corpus under study, organization and analysis of the information, taking into account the semantic content.