A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts

A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts 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. A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts presents the formal history of the language and its texts in a fresh and original way. Book Cover......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of illustrations......Page 13 List of maps......Page 14 Transliteration and other notational conventions......Page 15 List of abbreviations......Page 18 Acknowledgements......Page 19 Preliminaries......Page 21 Latin and Romance......Page 27 Early Romance......Page 39 Al-Andalus......Page 62 Early literature in Castilian: dialect diversity and mixture......Page 78 The Castilian norm......Page 102 Prose documents in Castilian from the fifteenth century......Page 118 The Golden Age: linguistic self-awareness......Page 142 The Golden Age......Page 161 The Enlightenment......Page 187 Modern Peninsular Spanish......Page 194 Latin America......Page 211 US Spanish......Page 234 Judeo-Spanish......Page 239 Judeo-Spanish as a worldwide language. Aki Yerushalayim (late twentieth century)......Page 245 Cal......Page 247 The African connection......Page 256 Creoles and contact vernaculars......Page 265 "A History of the Spanish Language through Texts examines the evolution of the Spanish language from the Middle Ages to the present day." "Including chapters on Latin American Spanish, U.S. 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 love letter." "A History of the Spanish Language through Texts presents the formal history of the language and its texts in a fresh and original way. The book has user-friendly textbook features such as a series of keypoints and a careful indexing and cross-referencing system. It can be used as a freestanding history of the language independently of the illustrative texts themselves."--Résumé de l'éditeur "A History of the Spanish Language through Texts examines the evolution of the Spanish language from the Middle Ages to the present day." "Including chapters on Latin American Spanish, U.S. 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 love letter." "A History of the Spanish Language through Texts presents the formal history of the language and its texts in a fresh and original way. The book has user-friendly textbook features such as a series of keypoints and a careful indexing and cross-referencing system. It can be used as a freestanding history of the language independently of the illustrative texts themselves."--Jacket

a History Of The Spanish Language Through Texts Examines The Evolution Of The Spanish Language From The Middle Ages To The Present Day. Pountain Explores A Wide Range Of Texts From Poetry, Through Newspaper Articles And Political Documents, To A Bunuel Film Script And A Love Letter. With Keypoints And A Careful Indexing And Cross-referencing System This Book Can Be Used As A Freestanding History Of The Language Independently Of The Illustrative Texts Themselves.

This publication looks at the developments of Spanish from its origins in Latin to the 21st century, through the analysis of texts. A student friendly and accessible coursebook, it includes many contemporary texts from Latin American Spanish, and is primarily aimed at History of the Spanish Language and the Structure of Spanish Language courses at undergraduate level. A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts examines the evolution of the Spanish language from the Middle Ages to the present day. Includes chapters on Latin American Spanish, US Spanish, Judeo-Spanish and Creoles