Léxico novohispano en el Vocabulario de Antonio de Alcedo

Between 1786 and 1789 Antonio de Alcedo published the Diccionario geo- gráfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales o de América, whose fifth volume includes an annex containing the repertoire of the American voices. The present paper analyzes the words referring to New Spain included in the Vocabul...

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Main Author: Kamenetskaia, Sofía
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Editor: El Colegio de México 2018
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Online Access:https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3428
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Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica

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Summary:Between 1786 and 1789 Antonio de Alcedo published the Diccionario geo- gráfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales o de América, whose fifth volume includes an annex containing the repertoire of the American voices. The present paper analyzes the words referring to New Spain included in the Vocabulary. Inasmuch as they pro- vide information on the flora, fauna and daily life of this great vice regal territory, these words are very significant for the study of American, and especially Mexican, regional lexicography.