The spread of Castilian/Spanish in Spain and the Americas: A relatively successful language standardisation experience
@article{AmorsNegre2016TheSO,
title={The spread of Castilian/Spanish in Spain and the Americas: A relatively successful language standardisation experience},
author={Carla Amor{\'o}s-Negre},
journal={Sociolinguistica},
year={2016},
volume={30},
pages={25 - 44},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:132493573}
}In this paper I examine an example of a relatively successful language standardisation process, the rise of Castilian or Spanish as the official language and symbol of a monolingual state-nation, i.e. the complex routes by which it became codified, standardised and adopted by the dominant social classes as a source of prestige and a symbol of national belonging (Gramsci 1971). My aim is to analyse why Standard Spanish came to be so widely accepted, eclipsing the other varieties and cultures of…
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