%0 Journal Article %T Mapping the Cuban Condition in Fernando Ortiz's Un catauro de cubanismos %A Stephen Fay %J New West Indian Guide %D 2010 %I Brill %X Explores the idiom-identity complex in Cuba in the first three decades of the twentieth century, concentrating on an emblematic catalog of the idiomatic raw material of the Cuban language community: Fernando Ortiz's vernacular dictionary, 'Un Catauro de cubanismos' from 1923. Author considers the critical complex of history, geography, and identity within Ortiz's dictionary. %K Cuba %K Spanish language %K linguistics %K lexicography %K cultural identity %K cultural history %K national identity %U http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/7682