4. Spanish grammaticography and the teaching of Spanish in the sixteenth century
- Quijada van den Berghe, Carmen 1
- Gómez Asencio, José J.
- Swiggers, Pierre
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Universidad de Salamanca
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Editorial: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9789048544479
Any de publicació: 2020
Pàgines: 77-96
Tipus: Capítol de llibre
Resum
The first printed grammar of a European vernacular was Nebrija’s gram-mar of (Castilian) Spanish (1492), published at the end of the peninsular Reconquista and coinciding with Columbus’ arrival in America. In the sixteenth century castellano, the language of the Spanish Habsburg Empire, became prominent in Europe, for political, economic and religious reasons, a position strengthened in the seventeenth century by Spain’s cultural prestige. This contribution focuses on the f irst hundred years of Spanish language studies in Western Europe (Flanders, Italy, England, France). It offers an overview of grammatical and language-didactic tools for teaching and learning Spanish published in the sixteenth century. The relevant source texts (and their authors) are presented and analysed, and set in their political and cultural context.