Koineization in Medieval Spanish:
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Main Author: Tuten, Donald N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2003
Series:Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 88
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Online Access:DE-824
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-331) and index
Biographical note: Donald N. Tuten is Assistant Professor at Emory University, Georgia, USA.
Main 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
Review text: "Damit bietet die Arbeit ein gut fundiertes Instrumentarium, um den engen Zusammenhang zwischen außersprachlichem und sprachlichem Wandel, wie ihn der Vf. für das kastilische Mittelalter darstellt, zu analysieren."Yvonne Kiegel-Keicher in: Romanische Forschungen, 117, 4-2005
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 345 S.)
ISBN:9783110177442
9783110901269
9783111804019

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