Faculty Name

Maria Leal

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

MODL

Course Subject

SPAN

Course Number

5980

Course Section

01

Course Title

Topics: Spanish Lang Variation

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2016

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

D, Q

Area of Study

SPAN

Course Description

This course introduces students to the many varieties of Spanish spoken throughout the world, alone and in contact with other languages. The Spanish-speaking regions to be studied include Spain, Gibraltar, North and West Africa, North America (including some isolated regions in the United States), Latin America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Judeo-Spanish dialects spoken in Eastern Europe and Middle East, Israel and the United States. The course involves descriptive presentations, historical back ground leading to the presence of Spanish across the six continents, the effects of language contact in the development of the various dialects of Spanish, and the current sociolinguistic circumstances of Spanish within these regions. Furthermore, students are expected to refine their knowledge of Linguistics.

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