2018-11-122018-11-122013Sessarego, S. (2013). Afro-Hispanic contact varieties as conventionalized advanced second languages. Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 5 (1), 99-125.1989-8525https://hdl.handle.net/11441/80051This article focuses on some linguistic aspects of Afro-Hispanic contact varieties that have traditionally been ascribed to their supposed creole origin. Conversely, the present analysis suggests that such linguistic features can be accounted for as the result of conventionalized advanced SLA strategies (Plag 2008a; Siegel 2008), which do not necessarily imply any previous creole stage. !e theoretical framework adopted here is the one provided by the Minimalist Constructionism, which assumes that SLA is driven by UG through a path of “possible grammars” (Herschensohn 2000). In particular, the features under analysis are seen as possible L2 instantiations of UG, which crystallized under the form of L1 structures in the grammars of the following generations of speakers. In addition, this paper provides a re"ection on the nature of these contact dialects and their contribution to the study of syntax and SLA from a microparametric perspective (Kayne 1996).application/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Estados Unidos de Américahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Afro-Hispanic dialectsMicroparametric syntaxMinimalist Constructionisminfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess