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<DIV class=Section1><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A Linguistic Introduction to Spanish<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ian Mackenzie<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">University</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Newcastle upon Tyne</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This is a university textbook that looks at virtually all aspects of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> Spanish language: the sound system, inflectional and derivational<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">morphology</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>, syntax, the language's history from spoken Latin to the<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">present</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> day, varieties of Spanish throughout the world,<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">sociolinguistic</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> variation, Spanish bilingualism and <SPAN class=SpellE>creole</SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Spanish.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> Each chapter contains detailed linguistic analysis, together<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">with</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> numerous illustrations, and is followed by exercises or a list of<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">seminar/essay</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> topics. Few if any existing volumes contain such a<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">variety</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> of information about Spanish.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first part of the book<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">covers</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> the 'core' areas of linguistics - phonology, morphology and<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">syntax</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> - and the focus here is on Castilian Spanish. In the second<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">part</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> the scope is broadened to include Spanish as spoken in the rest<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> the <st1:place>Peninsula</st1:place>, the <st1:place>Canary Islands</st1:place>, <st1:place>Latin America</st1:place>, the <st1:country-region><st1:place>USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Philippines</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The final chapter contains, among other things,<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">descriptions</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> of the Spanish-based creoles <SPAN class=SpellE>Palenquero</SPAN> and <SPAN class=SpellE>Chabacano</SPAN>.<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The book is designed to appeal both to linguists and students of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Spanish.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> Thus the approach is descriptive rather than<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">theoretical</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>. 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