Description
Provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin.
About the Author
Diana L. Ranson is Professor of French and Spanish at the University of Georgia. Her publications include Change and Compensation: Parallel Weakening of /s/ in Italian, French and Spanish (1989) and articles on Spanish historical linguistics, syntactic variation in Modern Spanish, and phonological variation in Modern French. She has taught the History of Spanish, the History of French, Comparative Romance Linguistics, and Old Spanish for over thirty years. Margaret Lubbers Quesada is Professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia. Her recent publications include The L2 Acquisition of Spanish Subjects Multiple Perspectives (2015), and articles in journals, such as the International Review of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics and Language Learning, The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition, and Estudios de Linguistica Aplicada. She teaches courses in theoretical, applied, and historical linguistics.
Reviews
'An accessible and illuminating introduction to the fascinating history of the Spanish language over the last two thousand years.' Roger Wright, University of Liverpool
'Takes vast and complex material and presents it in a reader-friendly, manageable, and engaging way, to create a welcome addition to the resources that instructors and students of Spanish historical linguistics have at their disposal.' Natalya I. Stolova, Colgate University, New York
'Exploits students' natural curiosity and explains what are often quite difficult concepts and complex data in a direct, user-friendly way. There is no other teaching resource for the history of the Spanish language quite like this.' Chris Pountain, Queen Mary University of London
'With references throughout to contemporary language and the everyday learning experience (both in Spanish and English) of its target student audience, as well as just the right amount of content, this book seems likely to inspire students of (historical) linguistics for generations to come ...' Felix Tacke, Romanische Forschungen
'... students like it. This is perhaps the most significant endorsement of all. If those of us who work in historical linguistics want to convey the value of knowing the language's antecedents and draw in a future generation of scholars to our discipline, Ranson and Lubbers Quesada's book is a great way to start.' Cynthia Kauffeld, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
'an excellent textbook for an introductory course on the history of the Spanish language. The breadth of topics covered, presented in an engaging, easy-to-read style, and the inclusion of a wide-range of thought-provoking activities make it an invaluable resource for students and instructors alike.' Sonia Kania, La coronica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Book Information
ISBN 9781316507940
Author Diana L. Ranson
Format Paperback
Page Count 452
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 910g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 175mm * 22mm