Research Catalog

Title

A history of the Spanish lexicon : a linguistic perspective / Steven N. Dworkin.

Author

Dworkin, Steven N., 1947-

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

321 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This history of the Spanish lexicon is written from the interacting perspectives of linguistic and cultural change and in the light of advances in the study of language contact and lexical change. The author describes the language inherited from spoken Latin in the Iberian Peninsula during six centuries of Roman occupation and examines the degree to which it imported words from the languages - of which only Basque survives - of pre-Roman Spain. He then shows how Germanic words were imported either indirectly through Latin or Old French or directly by contact with the Visigoths. He describes the importation of Arabisms following the eighth-century Arab conquest of Spain, distinguishing those documented in medieval sources from those adopted for everyday use, many of which survive in modern Spanish. He considers the influence of Old French and Old Provencal and identifies late direct and indirect borrowings from Latin, including the Italian elements taken up during the Renaissance. After outlining minor influences from languages such as Flemish, Portuguese, and Catalan, Professor Dworkin examines the effects on the lexicon of contact between Spanish and the indigenous languages of South and Central America, and the impact of contact with English. The book is aimed at advanced students and scholars of Spanish linguistics and will interest specialists in Hispanic literary and cultural studies."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Oxford linguistics

Uniform Title

Oxford linguistics.

Subjects

• Spanish language > Etymology
• Spanish language > Vocabulary

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-269) and index.

Contents

Language Contact and the History of the Spanish Lexicon: General and methodological questions -- The Lexical Impact of the Pre-Roman Languages of the Iberian Peninsula -- The Latin Base of the Spanish Lexicon -- The Germanic Component of the Spanish Lexicon -- The Arabic Component of the Spanish Lexicon -- The Impact of Gallo-Romance on the Spanish Lexicon -- The Influence of Italian on the Spanish Lexicon -- Latinisms in Spanish -- Portuguese and Catalan Loans in Spanish -- Lexical Borrowings From the New World -- Anglicisms in Spanish -- Some Final Thoughts.

Call Number

JFE 13-549

ISBN

• 9780199541140 (hardback)
• 0199541140 (hardback)

LCCN

2012930319

OCLC

769989302

Author

Dworkin, Steven N., 1947-

Title

A history of the Spanish lexicon : a linguistic perspective / Steven N. Dworkin.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford linguistics

Oxford linguistics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-269) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-549