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This dissertation is focused on socio-historical approaches to language change and lexical loss, particularly those connected with standardization, language policy and ideology. The study sheds light on the sociolinguistic effects that language standardization mechanisms have pl…

Hispanists have largely focused on the loss of Arabisms (i.e., Arabic loanwords) in Castilian while largely neglecting the reasons for their maintenance and incorporation in the language. With maintenance and incorporation of Arabisms in mind, the present study will address the …