Publications

Publication details [#26474]

Penny, Ralph. 2000. Variation and change in Spanish. Cambridge University Press. XIII+284 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | language variation

Language as a subject

Spanish

Annotation

This book which applies theoretical insights into linguistic change and variation to the Spanish speaking world, contains the following three chapters: fundamental concepts related to change and variation; the broad patterns displayed by social and geographical variation in Spanish; and the history of the standardization process of Spanish.

Reviewed by

Morúa, Carmen. 2002. Review of $Variation and change in Spanish.