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Koineization in Medieval Spanish

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2003
ISBN
9783110901269, 9783110177442
DOI
10.1515/9783110901269
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10129211 bytes)
Series
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]; 88
Edition
Reprint 2012
Pages
354\356
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-21 00:44:54

Description

How and why do changes happen when and where they do? Is it possible to explain changes that occurred centuries ago? These are the central questions addressed in this book, in which the author argues that the development of numerous features of medieval (and modern) Spanish can best be explained as the results of koineization, a process in which mixing among speakers of different dialects leads to the rapid formation of a new mixed and generally simplified variety. The book includes a complete introduction to koineization and detailed study of three stages of dialect mixing in medieval Spanish.

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