Spanish 514:
Spanish dialectology (Fall
2004)
Instructor:
John Lipski
Office:
Burrowes 211
Telephone:
865-4252
Office Hours: MWF
9:00-10:00 and by appointment
E-mail:
jlipski@psu.edu
Home page:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jml34/
Books on library
reserve:
Alvarez Nazario, El elemento
afronegroide en el español de Puerto Rico
(EAPR)
Frago Gracia,
Historia del español de América
(HEA)
Guitarte, Siete estudios sobre el español de América
(7E)
Lipski, Latin American Spanish (LAS)
Penny, Variation and change in Spanish (VCS)
Perl & Schwegler,
América negra
(AN)
Silva-Corvalán (ed.), Spanish in four
continents (SFC)
Zamora Vicente, Dialectología española
(DE)
Objectives:
This class is designed to explore the
linguistic variety of
Spain, including the
Iberian
Peninsula, the
Canary
Islands; former Spanish
colonies in
and
Asia; and the Spanish of Latin America (with brief
mention of the
United
States)
from both a historical and a synchronic
perspective. The discussions
will extend beyond the descriptive, to embody a search for the sources of
language variation. Particular
attention will be devoted to language contact and
bilingualism. Students are encouraged
to read omnivorously, in areas such as history, demographics, musicology,
folklore, sociology, narrative and drama, as well as traditional linguistic
studies, in designing their own pathways into dialect diversification.
Assignments:
Each student will investigate an aspect of Spanish
dialectology. Topics should be
chosen in consultation with the instructor, who in turn may suggest relevant
bibliography. To this end, the
course will require the following written projects:
(1) An annotated bibliography, developed in conjunction with the instructor,
focusing on the chosen topic. The
bibliography should contain a minimum of
ten entries, of which at most
two can represent an assigned
reading for the course. Each
entry should be accompanied by a brief annotation of 35 sentences, describing
the approach, contents, and potential contribution to the chosen
topic. Prior to turning in the
bibliography, a list of bibliographical titles will be submitted for approval
(see calendar of assignments).
(2) An outline of the final paper, turned in far enough in advance to receive
comments and suggestions (see calendar of
assignments). This outline will
not carry a grade, but must be turned in by the assigned date, in order for
the final paper to be graded.
(3) A final paper, incorporating the results of the bibliographical inquiries,
as well as the student's own contributions to the
topic. During the last portion
of the semester, each student will make a brief presentation before the class,
on the chosen research topic.
Ï All assignments must be turned in on
time. Incompletes and extensions
will only be given under extraordinary circumstances, usually involving personal
illness, and must be authorized in
advance. Students should
come to class prepared to discuss assigned
readings. The final grade will
reflect the quality and quantity of participation in class discussions.
Grade breakdown:
Class
participation:
20%
Annotated
bibliography:
30%
Final
paper:
50%
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The Pennsylvania
State
University defines academic integrity
as the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner.
All students should act with personal integrity, respect other students’
dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment
in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts (Faculty Senate
Policy 49-20). Dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated in this course.
Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating
information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others,
having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another
person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering
with the academic work of their students. Students who are found to be dishonest
will receive academic sanctions and will be reported to the University’s
Judicial Affairs office for possible further disciplinary sanction. See
http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/G-9.html
DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT
The Pennsylvania
State
University encourages qualified
people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities and
is committed to the policy that all people shall have equal access to programs,
facilities and admissions without regard to personal characteristics not
related to ability, performance, or qualifications as determined by University
policy or by state or federal authorities. If you anticipate needing any
type of accommodation in this course or have questions about physical access,
please tell the instructor as soon as possible.
Approximate calendar of
assignments
Week #1 (September
1):
Introduction, overview of major dialects of
Spain, introduction
to
dialectology and dialect
geography.
Readings: VCS, chaps.
1-3;
M. Torreblanca, `El fonema /s/ en la lengua española,'
Hispania 61 (1978),
498-503.
Week #2 (September
8):
Dialects of
Spain, cont. Summary of
major historical developments of Ibero-Romance;
diversification of Ibero-Romance
languages.
Readings: VCS, chap. 4; DE,
`Yeísmo,'
`Aspiración.'; J.
Lipski, `Castile, La
Mancha, Basque Country’ `Andalusia,’
`Murcia,’ linked to this syllabus on my home page.
Also:
http://www.llenguamaere.com/
Week #3 (beginning September
13):
Overview of Ibero-Romance languages;
Spanish in contact with other languages in
Spain.
Readings:
SFC, pp. 241-259; J. Lipski, `Asturias,
Leon and Cantabria,’ linked to this syllabus
on my home page. Also:
http://www.usc.es/%7Eilgas/
http://mirandes.no.sapo.pt/
http://www.academiadelallingua.com/
http://www.asturies.com/llingua.htm
http://www.asturianista.as/astur/llingua.htm
http://www.scgenealogia.org/catalunya/lengua.htm
http://www.proel.org/lenguas/aragones.html
http://www.consello.org/
http://www.charrando.com/
http://www10.gencat.net/gencat/AppJava/es/catalunya/simbols/llengua.jsp
http://www6.gencat.net/llengcat/
http://www.move.to/gircat
Week #4 (beginning September
20):
Spanish in contact in
Spain,
cont.
Sociolinguistics of Spanish in
Spain.
Readings: DE,
`Hablas de
tránsito’; J.
Lipski,
`Extremadura,’
`Levante,’ linked to this syllabus on my home
page. Also:
http://www.galeon.com/hablasdeextremadura/
http://www.usc.es/%7Eilgas/
http://www.geocities.com/aneldalingua/
http://www.agal-gz.org/
http://www.galego.org/
http://dmoz.org/World/Galego/Lingua/
http://www.culturagalega.org/
Week #5 (beginning September
27):
Judeo-Spanish, past and
present.
Readings:
VCS, chap. 6; DE,
`Judeoespañol.’; Spanish
in former Spanish
Africa and African
Spain.
Readings: SFC, pp. 281-292; J. Lipski,
`The Spanish language in Equatorial Guinea',
on my home page; `The Spanish of Equatorial Guinea:
research on la hispanidad's best kept secret,' on my home page.
Also:
http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/Paises/guinea_ecuatorial.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/sk2/guineaecuatorial/
http://www.tulane.edu/~spanling/IberHist/JudeoEspl.html
http://www.geocities.com/katacha/sefardi.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2679/aportaciones_09_matildegbarnatan.htm
http://www.arrakis.es/~clmt/ConfMoshe.htm
http://www.lasonet.com/sahara.htm
http://www.fortunecity.es/sopa/luciernagas/275/
http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/Paises/sahara.htm
Week #6 (beginning October
4):
Andalusian and Canary Island Spanish; contributions
to American Spanish.
Readings:
LAS, chap. 2; DE,
`Andaluz.’;
HEA, chap. 5; J. Lipski,
`Canary
Islands,’ linked
to this syllabus on my home page; `El español
en el mundo: frutos del último siglo de contactos
lingüísticos', on my home page. Also:
http://www.andalucianuestra.net/03/guia03.htm
Week #7 (beginning October
11): October 11: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
TITLES SUBMITTED FOR
APPROVAL.
Introduction to Latin American Spanish; dialect
classification schemes; Peninsular and insular Spanish dialectology at the
time of American colonization.
Readings:
LAS,
chap. 1; 7E, pp. 63-98; DE, `El español
de América.’; J. Lipski, `The
role of the city in the formation of Spanish American dialect zones,'
on my home page.
Week #8 (beginning October
18):
Regional and social origins
of Spanish settlers in the Americas; the
`Andalusian' theories; More on early Spanish American
speech; dialect levelling, the importance of linguistic
isolates.
Readings:
HEA,
chap. 1; J. Lipski, `El
español del Río Sabinas ' Nueva Revista de Filología
Hispánica 35 (1987), 111-128
Week #9 (beginning October
25):
Indigenous contributions to
Latin American Spanish I: the
Andean zone and the Guaraní
zone.
Readings:
LAS, chap. 3; SFC, pp. 39-116.
Week #10 (beginning November
1):
Indigenous contributions to Latin American Spanish
II: Mexico and
Mesoamerica.
Week #11 (beginning November 8):
The African contribution to Latin
American Spanish I: early colonial
language and demographics; stabilization of Afro-Hispanic language in the
18th-19 centuries.
Readings:
LAS, chap. 4; EAPR, chap. 2.; HEA, chap.
6; AN, chap. 1; J. Lipski, `Speaking
"African" in Spanish and Portuguese,' on my home page
Week #12 (beginning November
15):
The African contribution to
Latin American Spanish II: possible
creolization of Spanish in the Caribbean; multi-creole contacts vs. African
roots.
Readings: VCS, chap. 5; W.
Megenney, `Traces of Portuguese in three
Caribbean
creoles: evidence in support
of the monogenetic
theory,'
Hispanic Linguistics 1 (1984), 177-189; G. de
Granda, `La
tipología
`criolla' de dos hablas
del área
lingüística
hispánica,' Thesaurus 23 (1968),
193205; AN, chap. 4, 5; J. Lipski,
`Afro-Asian and Afro-indigenous contacts in
Latin
America,’ on my home page;
`Spanish-based creoles in the Caribbean,' on my
home page; `La africanía del español
del Caribe,' on my home page; `Las lenguas criollas
(afro)-ibéricas,' on my home page
Week #13 (November
22): November 22: OUTLINE
OF FINAL PAPER
DUE
.
Other manifestations of language
contact:
Cocoliche,
Fronterizo,
Spanglish.
Readings: F.
Hensey, `Spanish, Portuguese and
Fronteriço:
languages in contact in northern
Uruguay,' International Journal of the Sociology
of Language
34
(1982), 923; SFC, pp. 117-13; J. Lipski, `El
español de América: los contactos bilingües',
on my home page
Week #14 (beginning November
29): ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
DUE NOVEMBER 29.
Spanish
in the
Philippines
and Philippine creole Spanish
(Chabacano).
Readings: DE,
`El español de las
Islas Filipinas’; SFC, pp. 293-301; J.
Lipski, ` Modern Spanish once-removed in
Philippine creole Spanish: the case of
Zamboanga.’
Language in Society 16 (1986), 91-108;
`Chabacano/Spanish, and
the Philippine linguistic identity,’ , `When
does Spanish become "creole" and vice versa?', on my home
page.
Week #15 (beginning December
6):
The practice of modern
dialectology: projects and resources;
techniques for data collection and historical
reconstruction.
Readings: J.
Lipski, `Beyond the isogloss,' Hispania
72 (1989), 801-809
FINAL PAPER DUE MONDAY DECEMBER 13,
12:00
P.M.
Additional readings
for this course