TEXTBOOKS
 Resnick,
M. C. (1981). Introducción
a la historia de la lengua española. Washington, DC:
Georgetown
Univ. Press.
Lapesa,
R. (2005). Historia de la lengua
española. 9th ed. Madrid:
Gredos.
An excellent
bilingual
dictionary (The
New World)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This
lecture course traces the development of the Spanish language from
Latin to the present focusing upon the cultural, literary and
historical
factors that have contributed to its evolution from Latin to early
Romance,
and then to the Modern language. It is not a course in
historical
grammar, so it does not cover internal linguistic changes in detail,
although
the diachronic evolution of the phonological system is treated and
illustrated
with medieval literary texts. The course is divided into four
main
parts:
1.
The lexical
expansion of Spanish from Vulgar Latin to Classical Latin to modern
elements
;
2.
The
development
of the phonological system: from Latin to the medieval system, to the
modern
pronunciation of spoken Spanish;
3.
The
development
of the written language; from Alfonso El Sabio and Berceo to La
Celestina,
Valdés, Nebrija, and the language of the Golden
Age;
4.
The
overseas expansion
of Spanish: Judeo-Spanish and the Spanish in the Americas.
Since
this is a 400-level course, you will
be expected to invest a
great
deal of time reading 400-level reading material. This may mean to
some of you the continual use of a good bilingual dictionary (I
have
made suggestions above). Some of the concepts are abstract, as
any
course at this level. Your oral presentations, assignments, and
final
paper are to be representative of 400-level work, this means editing
and
re-editing your work so that errors in elementary grammar errors and
problems
with content and structure are avoided.
GRADING
SYSTEM
The final grade will be based on
student performance
in the following:
1. 4 problem sets - 35%
2. 1 textual
analysis - 10%
3. 3 exams - 35%
4. 1 research paper
- 20%
RULES
AND POLICIES
Regular
class attendance and participation are required for successful
completion
of the course.
I
will make myself available to discuss appropriate academic
accommodations
that you may require as a student with a disability. Before course
accommodations
will be made, students may be required to provide documentation to the
Associate Provost, 211 Holmes Hall, 556-3107.
No
late work will be accepted.
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