Spanish through Time - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3895864307 ISBN 13 : 9783895864308

Synopsis

Spanish through time is an introduction to the development of the Spanish language, designed for readers with little or no prior experience in linguistics. It therefore stresses explanation of the workings of language and its development over time: They are viewed as attibutable to characteristics of human speakers, in particular social and historical circumstances, as illustated by the history of Spanish. The development of Spanish from Latin is presented divided into three broad periods--"Vulgar Latin", Castilian, and Spanish--characterized by specific linguistic developments and the historical circumstances in which they occurred. In each case the mechanics of particular language changes are explained in detail, in everyday terms. Emphasis is on the more general developments that differentiate, first, various Romance languages, and finally different current varieties of Castilian-- Peninsular and Atlantic (American). Evidence is also presented for the chronology of some major changes, so as to familiarize the reader with traditional linguistic reasoning. The presentation is designed to be covered in a normal semester or trimester unit, and is based on the author's experience teaching the subject for more than twenty years in U.S. Universities. Contents: Introduction: On language and language change - Spanish as a Romance language: theory and evidence - 'Vulgar Latin' - Vulgar Latin Lexicon - Developments in grammar - Another word on words and reinterpretations - The production of speech sounds, and the sounds of Classical Latin - Early changes in consonants - Changes in vowels - Evidence of early developments - The Germanic invasions - The Arab invasions - French influence - Characteristics of Castilian - Early evidence of Castilian - Morphology: Developments in form - The Rise of Castilian - Standardization - Modern changes in sound and major current varieties - More reinterpretations - Spanish beyond Spain - Spanish in our time: Some ongoing developments

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3895864307
• ISBN 13: 9783895864308
• Reliure: Broché
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