Spanish as a contact language : an ecological history /

Languages do not exist beyond their speakers, but the history of individual languages has often been told as if they had a life of their own, emerging from other languages, growing and sometimes dying. When applied to Spanish, this story line commonly begins in spoken Latin, with the language taking...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sanz Sánchez, Israel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025].
Series:	Edinburgh historical linguistics.
Subjects:	Spanish language > History. Languages in contact > Spanish-speaking countries.