ADVANCED SPANISH PHONETICS

SPANISH 430

Focus on the Spanish language in the United States from a sociolinguistic perspective. Comprises three goals: 1) presentation of the main linguistic characteristics represented in the Spanish of the United States (from both speakers that brought their variety from their home country, and Spanish speakers born in the United States); 2) examination of the main aspects related to the acquisition of Spanish as a minority language and phenomena related to English-Spanish language contact; and 3) understanding the socio-cultural aspects connected with the presence and vitality of Spanish in the United States (e.g., Spanish in the public, political, and educational contexts; linguistic identity, linguistic discrimination).

SPANISH 320

Practice course for improvement of pronunciation, and introduction to transcription and phonetic and phonemic analysis.

SPANISH 630

Advanced course focusing on particular theories, approaches, and/or methodologies concerned with Spanish linguistics.

SPANISH 327

Introduction to the linguistic analysis of Spanish, including morphology, syntax, dialectology, history of the language, language acquisition, and sociolinguistic variation.

SPANISH 321

Structure and usage of modern Spanish through an examination of linguistic phenomena found throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Analyze authentic speech and texts of varied genres (newspaper articles, literature, advertisements, blogs, etc.) both to understand the conventions of modern Spanish structure and usage, and to investigate how grammatical structure may be manipulated by Spanish speakers (including themselves) to accomplish particular communicative goals.