{"product_id":"the-history-of-spanish-9781316507940","title":"The History of Spanish","description":"This concise textbook provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin. Presupposing no prior knowledge of Latin or linguistics, students are provided with the background necessary to understand the history of Spanish. Short, easy-to-digest chapters feature numerous practice exercises and activities. Chapter 'Lead-in' questions draw comparisons between English and Spanish, enabling students to use their intuition about their native language to gain a deeper understanding of Spanish. Each chapter features further reading suggestions, an outline, and a summary. Highlighted key terms are collated in a glossary. Boxes on linguistic debates teach students to evaluate arguments and think critically about linguistics. Supporting online resources include Word files of all the practices and activities in the book and an instructor's manual featuring a sample syllabus, answer key to the practices and activities, sample exams and teaching suggestions. This book is ideal for a range of courses on the history of Spanish and Spanish linguistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana L. Ranson,Margaret Lubbers Quesada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.86w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316507940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuesada, Margaret Lubbers:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Margaret Lubbers Quesada is Professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia. Her recent publications include The L2 Acquisition of Spanish Subjects Multiple Perspectives (2015), and articles in journals, such as the International Review of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics and Language Learning, The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition, and Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada. She teaches courses in theoretical, applied, and historical linguistics.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRanson, Diana L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Diana L. Ranson is Professor of French and Spanish at the University of Georgia. Her publications include Change and Compensation: Parallel Weakening of \/s\/ in Italian, French and Spanish (1989) and articles on Spanish historical linguistics, syntactic variation in Modern Spanish, and phonological variation in Modern French. She has taught the History of Spanish, the History of French, Comparative Romance Linguistics, and Old Spanish for over thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44221974184051,"sku":"9.78132E+12","price":91.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0fe4bc4c-7ee7-4ac5-a424-d937726b51f1.jpg?v=1768049067","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-history-of-spanish-9781316507940","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}