A History of the Spanish Language Through Texts
Christopher J. Pountain(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-415-18062-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-18062-7 (9780415180627)
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