ENGLISH

Variation and Change in Spanish

By Ralph Penny

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521780454, 9780521780452, 9780511014031
LCC
PC4074.7 .P46 2000
Google Books ID
rVNGMlx7cOYC
Open Library ID
OL6779148M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1253548 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
300\300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book studies the differences of pronunciation and grammar that exist within the Spanish-speaking world, and traces their origins in the frequent mixing of dialects in Spanish-speaking communities from the Middle Ages to the present day. It emphasizes the subtlety and seamlessness of language variation, both geographical and social, and shows how the constant process of mixing has rendered Spanish particularly subject to leveling of its linguistic irregularities and to simplification of its structures, both in Europe and later in the Americas.

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