VOL. 61, BOOK 1, PART B, 2023, pp. 155 – 169 Full text (Es)
Author: Daniela Aleksandrova
Affiliation: New Bulgarian University
Abstract
The object of study are two manuscripts from the 16th century that have great importance as historical and linguistic documents for the development of the Spanish language. The objective of this work is to carry out an analysis of the morphosyntactic and lexical system as documented by our sources: the two versions of Lope de Aguirre’s letter to King Philip II and the complete text of the Relación de Vázquez-Almesto.
Key words: 16th century Spanish language, conquest of America, letters of Lope de Aguirre, linguistic analysis