Varieties of Spanish Language
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Course code
GRR6308.HT
old course code
GRR6308
Course title in Estonian
Hispaania keele variatiivsus
Course title in English
Varieties of Spanish Language
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Course will extend the knowledge of current varieties of Spanish and enhance your understanding of the linguistic variation and change.
Brief description of the course
Introduction: Linguistic variation. Dialect, sociolect and register
2Official languages from Spain:
Catalan
Euskara
Gallego
Dialects: The dialect map of the Iberian Peninsula:
Aragonés
Astur-Leonés
Murciano
Dialects:
Andalusia and the Canaries
Dialects:
Latin America
Sociolect in modern Spanish
Register in modern Spanish
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
At the end of the course the student will be capable:
To know the nature of linguistic variation and change.
To know the current varieties of Spanish.
To differentiate between the notions of “language”, “dialect”, “standard” and “register”.
To write a linguistic commetary on a text.
Teacher
lektor Sonia Remiro Fondevilla
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