CONTEMPORARY VARIETIES OF SPANISH
(Penny 2000, Lipski 1994, Moreno 2009 and Batllori 2012)
Present
distribution of Spanish.
Language variation. Relationship between dialects and languages.
Varieties and idiolects.
Classification of Spanish varieties.
Variation
in Spain and The Canary Islands.
Historical background. Maps (COSER,
ALEA,
ALEANR,
ALEICAN, etc.), isoglosses and transition zones.
Diagnostic features.
Castilian (Valladolid), Aragonese
(Panzano/Labata,
Bielsa ), Asturian (Eastern, Central
-
Busloñe,
Santa Eulalia de Morcín -,
Western), Leonese (Laciana)
Eastern
Andalusian vs. Western Andalusian (Sevilla -rural
vs.
urban-, Córdoba (rural
vs.
urban) The Spanish
spoken in La Rioja,
Extremadura (Serradilla
- Cáceres-), Murcia and The Canary Islands (La Palma:
Tijarafe /
La Gomera).
Variation
in Spanish America.
Historical background. Maps, isoglosses and transition zones.
Diagnostic features.
Southern cone.
Andean Spanish.
Caribbean Spanish. Mesoamerican
Spanish. The South of the U.S.A. and North American Spanish.
Variation
in Judeo-Spanish.
Historical background. Maps and diagnostic features.
Bibliographical references:
Lipski, John M. (1994), Latin American Spanish,
London, Longman.
Moreno Fernández (2009), La lengua española en
su geografía, Madrid, Arco Libros.
Penny, Ralph (2000), Variation and Change in
Spanish, Cambridge, CUP.
Listening comprehension
