Historical corpora and linguistic geography of Spanish
Linguistic variation in Castile and León
This chapter discusses the evolution of different
linguistic phenomena in Castile and León between the 13th and the
16th century. We study four historical corpora consisting of various
original notarial and chancellor documents. For this purpose, we
have accessed several corpora, representing three main distinct
linguistic domains of Castile and León: the North of Burgos, shown in
CODOMME; the South of Ávila, collected in CODOMSA and CODAHSA; and
the West of León, compiled in CODOMSAE. The examined phenomena were
the evolution of compound tenses, the devoicing of sibilants, and
the evolution and aspiration of Latin F- (the latter is reflected in
writing as <ff>, <f> and <h>). These phenomena
serve to illustrate the linguistic differences and similarities in
different regions of Castile and León during the Middle Ages.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Presentation of the linguistic corpora compiled in Castile and
León
- 3.Analysis of linguistic phenomena
- 3.1Compound tenses
- 3.2The evolution of F-
- 3.3The evolution of sibilants
- 4.Conclusion
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Notes
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