SAKS31 Spanish in the U.S.A.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 N43
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to offer a complex introduction into Spanish language in the USA. After a short historic bakground the main attention will paid to:
1. Characteristics of the genuine USA Spanish, as it has developed till today
2. Current situation in the area of imported Latin American Spanish varieties and chief characteristics of their interaction with the majority English language.
At the end of the course studenst should be able to identify and interpret correspondingly various phonetic-phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical-semantic aspects of current forms of Spanish present today in the USA.
Learning outcomes
Students will become familiar with the main characteristics of present and past of Spanish in the United States. They will learn its main characteristics from the point of view of linguistic geography and also from the methodology of modern sociolinguistics. They will also learn how to interpret linguistic description data in the field of language policy and how it is possible to forecast the vitality of languages in the future, in this case of Spanish in the largely Anglophone environment.
Syllabus
  • 1. History and geography of the patrimonial USA Spanish
  • 2. Characteristics of the patrimonial USA Spanish
  • ç 3. Varieties of Spanish and its distribution in the USA
  • 4. "Spanglish": linguistic characteristics
  • 5. Bilinguism, code mixing and code switching
  • 6. Teaching Spanish in the USA
Literature
    required literature
  • López Morales, H. Andadura del español por el mundo. Madrid: Taurus, 2010.
  • Moreno Fernández, F. La lengua española en su geografía. Madrid: Arco/Libros, 2009
    recommended literature
  • Garrido, J. "El español en los Estados Unidos". In El español en América. Contactos lingüísticos en Hispanoamérica. Coord. A. Palacios. Barcelona: Ariel, 2008, pp. 17-32.
  • López Morales H. (coord.). Enciclopedia del español en los Estados Unidos. Madrid: Santillana, 2009.
  • Alvar, M. "Los Estados Unidos". In Manual de dialectología hispánica. El español de América. Coord. M. Alvar. Barcelona: Ariel, 1996, pp. 90-100.
Teaching methods
Lecture: exposition and definitions of basic terms and their exemplification on authentic texts and/or audiovisual material.
Seminar: analysis and interpretation in class of various features studied on authentic examples and texts.
Obligatory lectures every week (extracts or theoretical papers)
Assessment methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Homeworks (reading tasks).
Written test (exam).
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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