Orthographic Variations in Cuban Spanish

Abstract

Part of the lexical stock of the Cuban macrosystem of speech is still subject to spelling variation. This is because of various historical, etymological, morphological, phonological, or even connotative-affective reasons, which may condition the choice of the graphical output. A map of the current situation of orthographic variation in Cuban Spanish will be presented, taking into consideration the above-mentioned reasons. This work is part of a variational lexicography project of personal authorship that attempts to gather different elements that make up the Cuban diasystem.