Truth in many tongues : religious conversion and the languages of the early Spanish Empire /

"Examines how the Spanish monarchy managed an empire of unprecedented linguistic diversity, making only sporadic efforts to propagate Spanish during the sixteenth century. Challenges the assumption that the pervasiveness of the Spanish language resulted from deliberate linguistic colonization&q...

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Autor Principal: Wasserman-Soler, Daniel I. (Daniel Isaac), 1984- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2451020
Table of Contents:
  • The Spanish language and the Inquisition, ca. 1550-1600
  • Arabic and Spanish in Granada, ca. 1492-1570
  • Arabic and Romance in Valencia, ca. 1540-1600
  • Native tongues and Spanish in New Spain
  • Creating a multilingual New Spain, ca. 1550-1600.