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During the 20th century, the nationalist fever spread throughout Latin America, encouraging educators to establish pedagogical patterns that emphasized the uniqueness of the language within the country’s context.
The language known today as Spanish is derived from spoken Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans after their occupation of the peninsula that started in the late 3rd century BC. Today it is the world's 4th most widely spoken language, after English, Mandarin Chinese and Hindi. [1]
The Spanish language has evolved over the centuries from spoken Latin brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans. It was influenced by Al-Andalus and borrowed lexicon from Arabic. The first standard written norm of Spanish was established by Alfonso X the Wise in the 13th century.
- Earliest Dictionaries
- The Development of Monolingual Dictionaries
- Today's Dictionaries
- Dictionaries of The Future
The very earliest dictionaries of English were actually glossariesthat translated Latin words into Old English, the form of English spoken before about 1100 AD.
The monolingual dictionary (i.e. one that lists English words and gives definitions in English) didn't appear until 1600 - so Shakespeare did much of his work without even the possibility of looking anything up. For the first century or so, these dictionaries only defined 'hard words'. It wasn't until the 18th century that dictionaries grew and inc...
With the arrival of computer technology, it became possible to use electronic databases as the source of language evidence, rather than piles of index cards or slips. Dictionaries are now based on the close analysis of how words behave in real, natural language: behind every Oxford Dictionary entry are genuine examples of the word in use - often hu...
It seems likely that by the middle of this century, if not before, all dictionaries will be in electronic form. This means that limitations of space, which have always been a serious issue for lexicographers and dictionary publishers, will be much less important. Dictionaries will be able to include more material: more words and definitions, intera...
Feb 9, 2023 · During this era, Iberian Romance (what had been the dialect of Latin spoken in Hispania) really became a language distinct from Latin. The dialect of Iberian Romance that became the standard during the Reconquista came from the kingdom of Castile, or Castilla in Spanish.
Spanish language, Romance language (Indo-European family) spoken as a first language by some 360 million people worldwide. In the early 21st century, Mexico had the greatest number of speakers, followed by Colombia, Argentina, the United States, and Spain.
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Nov 14, 2016 · Using digital tools and literature to explore the evolution of the Spanish language, Stanford researcher Cuauhtémoc García-García reveals a new historical perspective on linguistic changes in Latin America and Spain. How has the Spanish language evolved in the hundreds of years it has been spoken on multiple continents?
