Argumentative strategies in a 19th-century Santiago testament

Abstract

The variant of the language is one of the most important components of the Cuban nation; It is significant then that one defines not only how the language was spoken in the 19th century, but also how the language was used according to a specific purpose, which would allow the argumentation and the strategies derived from it to be addressed in those documents. That is the objective of the investigation Argumentative strategies in a testament from Santiago de Cuba in the 19th century, based on a document conceived in the years 1822-1823. Research inserted in the VLIR Project, jointly between the University of Oriente and a group of Belgian universities. Line 3: Identification of archival documents in the eastern Cuban region and search of archival documents at the Universidad de Oriente. A contribution to the rescue, study and promotion of identity and heritage, in topic 2: Linguistics.