History of Spanish Language
Course code
GRR6323.HT
old course code
GRR6323
Course title in Estonian
Hispaania keele ajalugu
Course title in English
History 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
To offer an ovierview of the history of Spanish language.
Brief description of the course
During each class, the language will be studied from two points of view: the historical context which brought about the transformations of the Spanish language and a more profound study of those semantic, lexical and phonological transformations.
Each class will start with a student presentation introducing the historical context surrounding a new change in the Spanish language, with a study of those to follow by using transcriptions. This study will be done following the cronological evolution of the language:
1. Latinization
2. Influence of Al-Andalus
3. The Dawn of the language: Gloss
4. Spread though the Camino de Santiago
5. Castilian Epic poems and heroes
6. The debates
7. Toledo School of Translators - first written prose
8. Tales (Castille and India)
9. El Arcipreste de Hista
10. La Celestina
11. Don Quijote
12. Spanish language sailing to the Americas. Creation of RAE.
Each class will start with a student presentation introducing the historical context surrounding a new change in the Spanish language, with a study of those to follow by using transcriptions. This study will be done following the cronological evolution of the language:
1. Latinization
2. Influence of Al-Andalus
3. The Dawn of the language: Gloss
4. Spread though the Camino de Santiago
5. Castilian Epic poems and heroes
6. The debates
7. Toledo School of Translators - first written prose
8. Tales (Castille and India)
9. El Arcipreste de Hista
10. La Celestina
11. Don Quijote
12. Spanish language sailing to the Americas. Creation of RAE.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
The students will be able to understand what historical changes have shaped almost each word of the Spanish language: the influences of latin, the arab heritage... Transcriptions and comparison with other romance languages will be made in order to understand how the linguistic substratum was crucial in its contact with different languages to shape the language as we know it today.
The students will be able to understand what historical changes have shaped almost each word of the Spanish language: the influences of latin, the arab heritage... Transcriptions and comparison with other romance languages will be made in order to understand how the linguistic substratum was crucial in its contact with different languages to shape the language as we know it today.
Teacher
Alberto López de Pablo Márquez
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