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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823664103321

Autore

Tuten Donald N

Titolo

Koineization in medieval Spanish / / Donald N. Tuten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003

ISBN

3-11-090126-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages) : maps

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 88.

Classificazione

IM 1725

Disciplina

467/.01

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - Spain

Spanish language - To 1500 - History

Spanish language - To 1500 - Variation

Spain Civilization 711-1516

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Koines and koineization -- Chapter 3. The Burgos phase -- Chapter 4. The Toledo phase -- Chapter 5. The Seville phase -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- Maps -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.