Exploring the Spanish Language: an Introduction to its Structures and Varieties

by Pountain, Christopher

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Title Statements

Full title :Exploring the Spanish Language : an Introduction to its Structures and Varieties.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Milton
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

Notes

5.4.2 The subjunctive associated with particular contexts.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317562887, 1317562887
oclc:ocn960751874
LC Classification:PC4075.P685 2017
Dewey Decimal:468.2/421

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Prescription and description ; 1.2 Pedagogical rules ; 1.3 Standard language and prestige norms ; 1.4 Variation ; 1.5 The organisation of this book ; 2 The sounds of Spanish ; 2.1 How to describe and represent sounds ; 2.1.1 Vowels, consonants, semivowels and liquids ; 2.1.2 Describing consonants ; 2.1.3 Describing vowels ; 2.1.4 Diphthongs and triphthongs ; 2.2 A comparison of features of English and Spanish pronunciation; 2.2.1 Vowels.

2.2.2 Consonants 2.3 Sounds and phonemes ; 2.3.1 Phonemes and allophones ; 2.3.2 Phonemic status of the semivowels ; 2.3.3 Contextual neutralisations; 2.3.4 Phonetic and phonemic changes in progress in varieties of modern Spanish; 2.4 The relation between pronunciation and spelling; 2.4.1 Spelling systems ; 2.4.2 Text messaging and social media ; 2.5 Spanish syllable structure and the phenomenon of sinalefa ; 2.5.1 Syllables ; 2.5.2 Hiatus ; 2.5.3 Sinalefa ; 2.6 Stress: the issue of 'predictability' of word stress in Spanish; 2.7 Some intonation patterns in Spanish ; 2.7.1 Stress.

2.7.1.1 Contrastive st…