Koineization in Medieval Spanish

by Donald N. Tuten

How and why do changes happen when and where they do? Is it possible to explain changes that occurred centuries ago? These are the central questions addressed in this book, in which the author argues that the development of numerous features of medieval (and modern) Spanish can best be explained as the results of koineization, a process in which mixing among speakers of different dialects leads to the rapid formation of a new mixed and generally simplified...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110177447
• ISBN13: 9783110177442
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary