SPA 720 - History of the Spanish Language

This course offers a continual vision of the external history of the Spanish language inserting in the different stages the most prominent features of its internal development. That is, the phonetic, morphosyntactic and lexical changes and innovations that arise and evolve from the Middle Ages onwards and the reasons that have motivated them. Particular attention is given to language variation as it occurs along geographical and social parameters within the Spanish Peninsula and the Americas. Data will be presented from both geographical areas. Course conducted in Spanish.
Lecture
3 Credits
Offered via Computer Offered in Alternate Years