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Spanish( es ) in the Americas: Why so many?

Spanish( es ) in the Americas: Why so many?. by Heather R. Kayser. Heather kayser. From UF PhD in Romance Languages in Hispanic Linguistics, with a specialty in Pragmatics (language in context) .

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Spanish( es ) in the Americas: Why so many?

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  1. Spanish(es) in the Americas: Why so many? by Heather R. Kayser

  2. Heather kayser • From UF • PhD in Romance Languages in Hispanic Linguistics, with a specialty in Pragmatics (language in context). • Dissertation: “Issues of (im)politeness in Uruguay; specifically, the strategies that Uruguayan women use to refuse in face-to-face conversation. • Another passion: Dialectology

  3. Spanish(es) in the Americas: Why so many? • I. Medieval Castile: the (linguistic) domination of a peninsula • II. Antecedents to American Spanish: Castile, Andalusia, Canary Islands • III. Theories about American Spanish: Lowlands vs. Highlands, AndalusianTheory • IV. Spanish in the Americas: four distinctive varieties • V. Questions and Discussion

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