Bringing Linguistics into the Spanish Language Classroom A Teacher's Guide

Bringing Linguistics into the Spanish Language Classroom is a practical, time-saving resource that allows teachers to easily integrate the most interesting and important findings of Hispanic linguistics into their Spanish language classes. Teachers will find classroom-ready explanations and PowerPoint slides for each topic covered, as well as instructions and materials for in-class activities and take-home projects that will engage students in this fresh take on the target language. Slide presentations for each chapter are available online at www.routledge.com/9780367111960. The book covers aspects of Spanish from the trilled r to the personal a, from Indo-European origins to modern dialects, and from children’s first words to adult speech errors. An innovative set of five linguistics-based essential questions organizes and contextualizes this wide range of material: How is Spanish different from other languages? How is Spanish similar to other languages? What are the roots of Spanish? How does Spanish vary? How do people learn and use Spanish? Fully customizable to teacher and student interest, proficiency level, and time available in class, this book is ideal for Spanish language teachers looking to incorporate valuable linguistic insights into their curricula, even if they lack prior knowledge of this field. It is an excellent resource for Hispanic linguistics courses as well.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Why linguistics? How to use this book More about the essential questions Chapter 1: How is Spanish different from other languages? Spanish in the world Speakers and countries The Academy system The Nobel Prize in Literature Language features The inverted ¿ and ¡ marks The eñe The th sound The mega-preposition en The two imperfect subjunctives The variety of Spanish past tenses Gendered first and second person pronouns Chapter 2: How is Spanish similar to other languages? Limited capitalization Five vowels Simple syllables The trilled r Special locative Multiple 'you' pronouns Frequent irregular verbs Preterite and imperfect Gender The personal a Chapter 3: What are the roots of Spanish? External history A bird’s-eye view of the history of Spanish Spanish as an Indo-European language Spain before Latin The Roman conquest After Rome The Reconquista Spanish comes to the Americas Modern times Internal history The sound changes that shaped Spanish words Sources of Spanish words Changes in meaning Por and para The many descendents of Latin ille ‘that’ The evolution of the Spanish verb system Irregular yo verbs (-zco and -go) Stem-changing verbs The extreme irregularity of ser and ir Drastic changes in the Latin noun system Chapter 4: How does Spanish vary? Dialects and multilingualism Spanish dialects Multilingualism in Spain Multilingualism in Latin America Code-switching Language features Variation in Spanish pronunciation Weakening or deletion of final s Yeísmo, seseo, and ceceo Deleting d between vowels Puerto Rican r Vocabulary Leísmo Subject pronouns Non-standard verb forms Variation in verb use Chapter 5: How do people learn and use Spanish? Learning Spanish Motherese ("baby talk") Order of acquisition of consonants First words Learning semantic contrasts Noun agreement Order of acquisition of verb tenses Learning to conjugate Second-language learning Using Spanish Speech errors Language and thought Spanish "Pig Latin" Appendix A: In-class activities Appendix B:. Take-home projects Appendix C: Slides Index

Judy Hochberg has a PhD in linguistics from Stanford University and teaches Spanish at Fordham University, New York. She is the author of ¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish (2016) and blogs at spanishlinguist.us.