Introducción a la lingüística hispánica

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to Spanish linguistics, complete with exercises that help students master concepts in the text.

José Ignacio Hualde (Author), Antxon Olarrea (Author), Anna María Escobar (Author), Catherine E. Travis (Author), Cristina Sanz (Author)

9781108488358, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 August 2020

612 pages, 78 b/w illus. 10 maps 69 tables
25 x 17.7 x 3.1 cm, 1.3 kg

'… this useful and voluminous work can serve as the main text around which a course is organized or … the supplementary text of a more specialized course. Not many textbooks can make it to their twentieth anniversary in such excellent health. Besides that it is clear that the multiple revisions as well as the inclusion of new chapters augur many years ahead.' Miguel Novella, Hispania

Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students. Using clear explanations, it covers all the basic concepts required to study the structural aspects of the Spanish language – phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics – as well as the history of Spanish, its dialects, and its linguistic variation in Latin America, Spain, and the US. This third edition incorporates new features designed to enhance its usefulness for classroom teaching: a new chapter on the teaching and learning of Spanish as a second language, expanded discussion of syntax, and more detailed coverage of Spanish semantics and pragmatics. Numerous exercises have been added throughout the text, some of which are now presented as problems for students to solve, allowing students to gain a more complete mastery of the analytical concepts at hand.

Índice
Prefacio
1. La lingüística: Ciencia cognitiva
2. Los sonidos de la lengua: Fonética y fonología
3. La estructura de las palabras: Morfología
4. La estructura de la oración: Sintaxis
5. Historia de la lengua española
6. El estudio del significado: Semántica y pragmática
7. Variación lingüística en español
8. El español en los Estados Unidos
9. Enseñanza y aprendizaje del español
Glosario
Bibliografia.

Subject Areas: Language teaching & learning material & coursework [CJB], Linguistics [CF]