29825 - History of Spanish Language (LM)

Course contents

Name of the course: “Fundamentos históricos de la lengua española” (Historical foundations of the Spanish language)

The course will guide the student in the study of the key events in the history of the Spanish language and it aims at providing the students with a diachronic perspective, which will expand the student's previous knowledge. This course will also develop their critical comprehension of the current status of the Spanish language as a national and international language. Given that all activities will be developed in Spanish, all students must have achieved a C2 level in Spanish according to the

  Common European Framework of Reference for Languages i n order to enrol in this course .

Firstly, the topics of the course will be dealt with from an external perspective, that is, through a chronological systematization of the ideological and social factors that have contributed towards the linguistic change of the Spanish language since the days of the School of Translators of Toledo until Spain's multilingual make-up in recent years. Secondly, the linguistic change will be dealt with from an internal perspective, through the analysis of the main events in the evolution of the spelling, the phonetics and the phonology, as well as of the morphosyntax and the lexicon during the different periods of the history of the Spanish language.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory readings

 

Echenique Elizondo, M. T. y Martínez Alcalde, M. J. (2005), Diacronía y Gramática Histórica de la Lengua Española, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch.

Ramírez Luengo, J. L. (2007), Breve historia del español de América, Madrid, Arco/Libros.

    

 

Suggested complementary readings

 

Aleza Izquierdo, M. y Enguita Utrilla, J. M. (2002), El español de América: aproximación sincrónica, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch.

Cano, R. (coord.) (2004), Historia de la lengua española, Barcelona, Ariel.

Cano, R. (1992), El español a través de los tiempos, Madrid, Arco/Libros.

Lapesa, R. (1981), Historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Gredos.

Lodares, J. R. (2005), El porvenir del español, Madrid, Taurus.

Moreno Fernández, F. (2005), Historia social de las lenguas de España, Barcelona, Ariel.

 

The previous references will be available in the Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Moderne. The compulsory readings will also be available in the ‘Feltrinelli International' Bookshop in Bologna.   

Assessment methods

The assessment consists of two parts: 1) an oral presentation in class, which can be an individual or a group task, on one of the topics of the syllabus; 2) a written exam about class notes and the compulsory readings.

 

Teaching tools

The necessary technical and IT equipment will be used in the classroom.

Office hours

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