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Serrano, Maria Jose – Hispania, 1998
The dequeismo phenomenon is occurring more frequently in spoken Spanish in both Spain and in Latin America. Introduction of the preposition "de" before "que" in nominal complements exploits one recourse in Spanish, namely the deictic capacity of prepositional "de" as a marker or introducer of the speaker's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation
Mazas, Jose Garcia – AGENDA, 1980
Covering a 500-year span, this article traces the changes in and evolution of the Spanish language from its earliest written accounts in the eleventh century to the Spanish that was brought by the Conquistadores to the New World. (DS)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Styles, Language Variation