Historical corpora and linguistic geography of Spanish
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Vicente J. Marcet Rodríguez
Abstract
This chapter discusses the evolution of different linguistic phenomena in Castile and León between the 13th and the 16th century. We study four historical corpora consisting of various original notarial and chancellor documents. For this purpose, we have accessed several corpora, representing three main distinct linguistic domains of Castile and León: the North of Burgos, shown in CODOMME; the South of Ávila, collected in CODOMSA and CODAHSA; and the West of León, compiled in CODOMSAE. The examined phenomena were the evolution of compound tenses, the devoicing of sibilants, and the evolution and aspiration of Latin F- (the latter is reflected in writing as <ff>, <f> and <h>). These phenomena serve to illustrate the linguistic differences and similarities in different regions of Castile and León during the Middle Ages.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the evolution of different linguistic phenomena in Castile and León between the 13th and the 16th century. We study four historical corpora consisting of various original notarial and chancellor documents. For this purpose, we have accessed several corpora, representing three main distinct linguistic domains of Castile and León: the North of Burgos, shown in CODOMME; the South of Ávila, collected in CODOMSA and CODAHSA; and the West of León, compiled in CODOMSAE. The examined phenomena were the evolution of compound tenses, the devoicing of sibilants, and the evolution and aspiration of Latin F- (the latter is reflected in writing as <ff>, <f> and <h>). These phenomena serve to illustrate the linguistic differences and similarities in different regions of Castile and León during the Middle Ages.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Data collection
- On the validity of crowdsourced data 10
- Variation in space and society 34
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Part II. Methodology
- The Phonologie du français contemporain project in Quebec 60
- “Going standard” on a blank page 84
- Sociogeographical differences in the pronunciation of Anglicisms in Spanish 106
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Part III. Case studies
- Historical corpora and linguistic geography of Spanish 134
- Dialectology as a matter of gradience 154
- Testing Twitter data on a morphosyntactic variable 176
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Part IV. Theory
- Sketching out a virtual framework for Romance geolinguistics 198
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Data collection
- On the validity of crowdsourced data 10
- Variation in space and society 34
-
Part II. Methodology
- The Phonologie du français contemporain project in Quebec 60
- “Going standard” on a blank page 84
- Sociogeographical differences in the pronunciation of Anglicisms in Spanish 106
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Part III. Case studies
- Historical corpora and linguistic geography of Spanish 134
- Dialectology as a matter of gradience 154
- Testing Twitter data on a morphosyntactic variable 176
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Part IV. Theory
- Sketching out a virtual framework for Romance geolinguistics 198
- Index 217
