Diego de Torres Villarroel - Influence of Leonese Language

Influence of Leonese Language

Torres Villarroel used elements of the Leonese language in several of his works. Indeed, leonese language prefixes like "peri" (more), palatalizations (llo, lla, llas), verbal forms like "jicioren" (they made, in Spanish "hicieron"), "salioren" (they went out, Spanish "salieron") or "dixioren" (they said, Spanish "dijeron") often appear in his works.

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