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Números 9 Y 10 BOLETIN de la ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA de la LENGUA ESPANOLA- 9-10 (1998-1999) ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA BOLETIN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA ACADEMICOS DE NUMERO Lloyd A. Kasten Stanislav Zimic Luis Pérez Botero Enrique Anderson Imbert Américo Paredes Nicolás Toscano Liria José Juan Arrom Eugenio Florit Tesorero y Pres. de la Comisión Odón Betanzos Palacios Rolando Hinojosa-Smith de Estudios Medievales Director Ildefonso Manuel Gil Rosario Rexach Gurnersindo Yépez Fernando Alegría Marcos Antonio Ramos Secretario Carlos Alberto Solé Estelle Irizarry Theodore S. Beardsley, Jr. Presidenle de la Comisión de Presidenla de la Comisión Bibliotecario y Presidenle de Gramática de Informática /a Comisión de Estudios del Gerardo Piña Rosales Mordecai Rubin Es;pañol en los EEUU. Secretario Accidenlal y Presidenle Ubaldo Di Benedetto Eug;enio Chang-Rodríguez de la Comisión de Educación Robert Lima Director del BoletÚI John J. Nitti Ignacio Soldevila Durante Aurelio M. Espinosa, hijo Joaquín Segura Silvia Faitelson-Weiser Ctruor Presidenle de la Comisión de Antonio Culebras Roberto Garza Sánchez Traducciones Presidenle de la Comisión Josep Solá-Solé Emilio Berna! Labrada de Vocabulario Médico Roberto A. Galván Coordinador de Información José Amor y Vázquez PrtsidenJe de la Comisión M. Soledad Carrasco Urgoiti William H. González de Lexicografla Beatriz Varela Luis Leal Académicos correspondientes: ALEMANIA: Günthcr Hacnsch. ARGENTINA: A.J. Battistessa.' BÉLGICA: J10¡ucs de Bruync. BOLIVIA: Carlos Castañ6n BarricnLOs,' M. Frías Infante,' Rodolfo Salamanca. H.C.F. Mm silla.• BRASIL: Tcrcsínka Pcrcira, AnLOnio Fooscca Pimcntal.' COLOMBIA: Jaime Posada,' Ignacio Chaves Cuevas,• Horacio Be¡arano Dí12. • COS1A RICA: A. Agüero Chavcs. • CUBA: Luis A. Casas,' A. Álvarez Bravo,• Lamdro Otero.• CHILE: Maúas Rafide.' REP. DOMINICANA: Mariano Lebrón Saviñón,' B. Rosario Candelier, • Guido Féliz.. ECUADOR: J. Rumaw Gonzálcz.,' Galo René Pérez.. • ESPAÑA: A. Labandeira Fernández, Justo Jorge P1dr6n, J. Criado Costa, Santiago Castelo, José Manuel Caballero Bonald, José María Padilla Valencia, José Luis Abcllán, Francisco Morales Padrón, C.M. Femández..Shaw, J.M. Gómez y Méndez, J.M. Allendesalazar, Antonio Gillcgo Morcll, Goozalo SanLOnja, M. Garrido Palacios, Femando Rielo, Valentín García Yebra,' Félix Grande, Antonio Porpeu.a. ESTADOS UNIDOS: Olimpia Rosado, N. Gutiérrez Marrone, M. Aurelio Arenas, L.T. González dd Valle, Javier L Collaw, Rubén Cabos, G.D. Bilis, A.G. Lozano, Heliodoro Gutiérrez González, Luis Mario, Ronald Hilton, J.A. Cubeñas, R.V. Padilla, J.M. Febles, Ana Rosa Nuñez, R. Aguilar Malantzon, E. Martínez Paula, J1cinto Quirarte, Sergio D. Elizondo, Rima de VaJbona, AJ. Valbuena Briones, F.A. del Granado Anaya, Samuel G.i\rrnistead, Georgcne Magassy Dom, John O'Neill. FILIPINAS: J. Rodríguez y Rodríguez.' FRANCIA: Claude Couffon, Gilbert Azaro. GUATEMALA: Margarita Carrera.' HONDURAS: Eliseo Pérez Cadalso.' INGLATERRA: Anthony Leonard Gooch. JAPÓN: Hiroto Ueda. MÉXICO: Andrés Henestrosa,' J. Moreno de Alba,' Eulalia Ftrrer, •Manuel Alcalá,' Fredo Arias de la Canal. NICARAGUA: J. Y caza Tigerino,' E. Peña Hemández, • Pablo 9-10 Antonio Cuadra,• Jorge Eduardo Arellano. • PANAMÁ: E. Alvarado de Ricord.' PARAGUAY: H. Rodríguez Alcalá.• PERÚ: Estuardo Núñez Hague.' PORTUGAL: J. Veríssimo Serrii.o,' J. de Montezuma de Carvalho, Justino Mendes de Almeida.' PUERTO RICO: HumberLO López Morales,' L. López Álvarez.. EL SALVADOR: R. Galindo Pohl, • Alfredo Marúnez Moreno,' Joaquín Hemández Callejas,' David Escobar Galindo.' URUGUAY: A. Sergio Visea.• VENEZUELA: P. Díaz Seijas,' Pedro Grases', O. Echeverri Mejía,' Guillermo Morón.' 'Pertenecientes a las academias de sus respectivos países. (1998-1999) El Boletín se publica anualmente. Sus colaboradores principales BOLETIN son los catedráticos del mundo hispánico. Los lingüistas, filólogos e hispanistas en general que deseen someter a nuestra consideración sus DE LA ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA estudios inéditos sobre la lengua y la cultura de los hispanohablantes DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA norteamericanos, pueden enviar sus originales acompañados de dos copias al Director: EE.UU. 1998-1999 Nº 9-10 Dr. E. Chang-Rodríguez 60 Sutton Place South, #12-J S New York NY 10022 Eugenio Chang-Rodríguez Director del Boletín: La cuota de suscripción anual para Latinoamérica, España y Filipinas es de U.S. $32. Para otras partes, la cuota de suscripción personal Theodore S. Beardsley, Jr. Gumersindo Yépez Junta editorial: es de U.S. $30, la suscripción institucional es de U.S. $32 y la de Odón Bctanzos Palacios los suscriptores protectores, $100. Los suscriptores protectores recibirán, además del Boletín, todas las publicaciones de la Academia Dirección: G.P.0. Box 349 Norteamericana de la Lengua Española conforme vayan saliendo. Serán New York NY 10116 mantenedores de la corporación en la defensa del idioma español en Fax: 1-718-761-0556 Estados Unidos aquellas personas o instituciones que hagan donaciones esporádicas, y los nombres de estos donantes aparecerán en nuestro Es propiedad de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. Boletín mencionados como defensores del idioma español en Estados Derechos reservados. Unidos. Serán Mantenedores Solidarios los que donen 500 dólares o más y Mantenedores Extraordinarios los que donen mil dólares o más. Envíe su pedido al Tesorero: Dr. Nicolás Toscano, G.P.O. Box. 349, New York NY 10016. La Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, de Estados Unidos, correspondiente de la Real Academia Española, agradece la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española valiosa ayuda económica prestada para la publicación de este Boletín a la compañía Philip Morris y a su Director de Proyectos, Don Francis D. Gómcz. © Copyright by Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. EDITORIAL DE LA ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA G.P.0. Box 349, New York NY 10116 SUMARIO Palabras del Director del Boletín vii Beatriz Varela El español centroamericano de luisiana . 1 Theodore S. Beardslcy, Jr. Contestación al discurso de ingreso de la Dra. Beatriz Vare/a . 41 William H. González la pervivencia del romancero en el alabado de Nuevo México . 43 Estcllc Irizarry Recursos electrónicos para el estudio del español del puertorriqueño en las novelas de Enrique A. laguerre 53 Eugenio Chang-Rodríguez Observaciones sobre el castellano en Trujillo del Perú . 73 Joaquín Segura Discurso de incorporación: El inglés, pujante esperanto 79 Theodore S. Beardslcy, Jr. Contestación al discurso de ingreso de don Joaquín Segura: la traducciónfonética . 101 José Juan Arrom Tiempo y espacio en el pensamiento cosmológico taíno . 109 Luisa Campuzano El "síndrome de Merimé" o la españolidad literaria de Alejo Carpentier . 127 Emilio Martínez Paula Nuestros medios de comunicación y su deber de defender el idioma español . 141 José Manuel Allendesalazar Discurso de incorporación como Académico Correspondiente: La otra Generación del 98 . 147 vi Boletín de la Academia Norteamericana Odón Betanzos PALABRAS DEL DIRECTOR DEL BOLETIN Contestación al discurso de ingreso del Excmo. Sr. don José Manuel Allendesalazar . 165 Tras una large interrupción el Boletín de la Academia Odón Betanzos Norteamericana de la Lengua Española reaparece con la firme voluntad Tras la esencia de la poesía ........... 169 de regularizar su publicación y lograr sus objetivos. Como en los anteriores, reunimos en este número doble artículos sobre temas Heliodoro J. Gutiérrez relacionados con los fines de nuestra Academia, especialmente los de Estudios sobre el español en los Estados Unidos: defender y unificar por todos los medios posibles el castellano hablado 1974-1994 175 en los Estados Unidos. Abren este número dos estudios sobre el castellano en Norteamérica: Noticias 249 el de Beatriz Varcla sobre "El español centroamericano de Luisiana", su Obras recibidas para la Biblioteca de la Academia discurso de ingreso a nuestra corporación, contestado por Theodore S. Norteamericana de la Lengua Española . 277 Beardslcy, Jr., y el de William H. González, sobre "La pervivencia del romancero en el alabado de Nuevo México". Les siguen seis trabajos 283 Normas para los artículos que se someten al Boletín de ANLE relacionados con Lemas lingüísticos y literarios hispanoamericanos y su contacto con la lengua inglesa; 1) "Recursos electrónicos para el estudio del español puertorriqueño en las novelas de Enrique Laguerre", por Estelle Irizarri; 2) mis "Observaciones sobre el castellano en Trujillo del Perú"; 3) "El inglés, pujante esperanto", discurso de incorporación a nuestra Academia ofrecido por Joaquín Segura y contestado también por Theodore S. Beardslcy, Jr.; 4) "Tiempo y espacio en el pensamiento cosmológico taíno", por José Juan Arrom; 5) "El 'síndrome de Merimée' o la españolidad literaria de Alejo Carpentier", de Luisa Campusano; y 6) "Nuestros medios de comunicación y su deber de defender el idioma español'', por Emilio Martínez Paula. Con motivo de cumplirse el primer centenario de la guerra hispano­ norteamericana, incluimos el discurso de ingreso a nuestra corporación como Académico Correspondiente, del Excmo. Sr. Don José Manuel Allendesalazar: "La otra generación del 98", contestado por Odón Betanzos, autor también del artículo "Tras la esencia de la poesía" que aparece inmediatamente después. En la sección bibliográfica, insertamos el trabajo "Estudios sobre el español en los Estados Unidos'', I¡ preparado por Heliodoro H. Guliérrez. El número cierra con las <1 acostumbradas noticias, algunas algo extensas por haber sido remitidas <I
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