Synchronic approaches to Spanish.
[ROM1533]
[15h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s):
Language: S
Level: First
Aims
-have developed a descriptive perspective about contents previously introduced in his/her curriculum from a normative point of view;
-be familiarized with the methods used in sociolinguistics and synchronic dialectology;
-be able to make a phonetic transcription out of an audio or video recording in modern Spanish;
-be able to recognize in an oral/written text the (phonetic, morphosyntactic and lexical) features of the dialect areas in modern Spanish;
-be provided with the basic linguistic tools in order to read literary texts coming from the different dialect areas of the Spanish speaking world.
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
1. The concept of variation. Dialectology, sociolinguistics and their methods.
2. The phonological and phonetic system of Modern Spanish.
3. Theories about the origin of the Spanish varieties in America.
4. Dialectal areas of the Spanish in America.
5. Phonetic variation in the Spanish speaking world.
6. Morphosyntactic variation in the Spanish speaking world.
7. Lexical variation in the Spanish speaking world.
Method :
Theoretical courses will alternate with phonetic transcription, analysis of (oral and written) texts, recognition of different variants of Spanish and oral presentation by students.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Basic modern Spanish I (FLTR 1740), Basic modern Spanish II (ROM 1741) and Introduction to Linguistic and Literary Analysis of Spanish Texts (ROM 1743)
Course materials :
- PowerPoint presentations available on i-campus.
Recommended readings :
- Quesada Pacheco M.A. (2000) El español de América. Cartago: Editorial tecnológica de Costa Rica.
- Saralegui C. (2004) El español americano: teoría y textos (2 ed). Pamplona: Eunsa.
- Vaquero de Ramírez M. (1996) El español de América I: pronunciación: Madrid: Arco Libros.
- Vaquero de Ramírez M. (1996) El español de América II: morfosintaxis. Madrid: Arco Libros.
Assessment :
- Written exam.
- Oral presentations (in couple) in class during the semester.