Abstract

MORERA, Marcial. The voice guagua ‘autobus’:Proper name lexicalization?. Lingüística [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.1, pp.61-87. ISSN 2079-312X.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2079-312x.20180005.

This paper analyzes three significant aspects in the Caribbean and Canary Islands voice guagua, while also updating the lexicographers’ information on it. First, I focus on the issue of signification, considering the diverse orientation of meaning this term has developed throughout history. Second, I center on its particular evolution in diverse geographies: from Cuba, to the rest of the Caribbean region, Equatorial Guinea and Canary Islands; from Grand Canary or Tenerife, to the other islands of this archipelago, Spanish Sahara and Cartagena (Spain). And third, I look into the always problematical etymology of this term, which has been subjected to many kinds of more or less plausible speculations due to its etymological uncertainty.

Keywords : Lexicology; lexicography; dialectology; etymology.

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