Date: 11-Nov-2009 From: Rafael Rodriguez-Ponga Salamanca <rrpongashotmail.com> Subject: El Elemento Español en la Lengua Chamorra (Islas Marianas) E-mail this message to a friend
Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Program: Filologia Espanola I
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 1996
Author: Rafael Rodriguez-Ponga Salamanca
Dissertation Title: El Elemento Español en la Lengua Chamorra (Islas Marianas)
Dissertation Director:
Gregorio Salvador
Antonio Quilis
Dissertation Abstract:
The dissertation studies the Chamorro vocabulary of Spanish origin. One by one, 5000 words with their etymologies and sources (dictionaries and other books, and interviews to 30 native speakers on Guam, Rota, Saipan and Tinian).
It also includes a study of some aspects of the Chamorro language orthography, phonology and grammar; the situation of the Chamorro language; and a brief history of the Marianas.