A history of the Spanish lexicon : a linguistic perspective /

Written from the twin perspectives of linguistic and cultural change, this book describes the language inherited from Latin and how it was then influenced by the Visigothic and Arabic invasions, and later by contact with Old French, Old Provencal English and, not least, with the indigenous languages...

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Main Author: Dworkin, Steven N., 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Written from the twin perspectives of linguistic and cultural change, this book describes the language inherited from Latin and how it was then influenced by the Visigothic and Arabic invasions, and later by contact with Old French, Old Provencal English and, not least, with the indigenous languages of South and Central America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191623851
0191623857
1280777478
9781280777479
9780191741395
0191741396