Synopsis
This work examines the evolution of the Spanish language from the Middle Ages to the present day. Including chapters on Latin American Spanish, US Spanish, Judeo-Spanish and Creoles, the book looks at the spread of Castilian as well as at linguistically interesting non-standard developments. Pountain explores a wide range of texts from poetry, through newspaper articles and political documents, to a Bunuel film script and a love letter. The book aims to present a formal history of the language and its texts in a fresh and original way. It includes user-friendly features such as a series of keypoints and a careful indexing and cross-referencing system, and can be used as a freestanding history of the language independent of the illustrative texts themselves.
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