Introducci鏮 a La Lingstica Hisp嫕ica Actual ─ Teor燰 Y Pr塶tica

Introduccion a la linguistica hispanica actual is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of Spanish.

No prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed as the book takes you step-by-step through all the main subfields of linguistics, both theoretical and applied. Phonology. morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, history of the Spanish language, dialectology and sociolinguistics are concisely and accurately outlined providing a comprehensive foundation in the field.

A comprehensive companion website provides a wealth of additional resources including further exercises to reinforce the material covered in the book, extra examples to clarify the most difficult concepts, extensive audio clips which reproduce the sounds of phonemes and allophones and sonograms.

Written in a clear and accessible manner with extensive auxiliary materials, Introduccion a la linguistica hispanica actual has been specially designed for students of Spanish with little or no linguistic background who need to understand the key concepts and constructs of Spanish linguistics.

Javier Munoz-Basols is Senior Instructor in Spanish and Co-ordinator of the Spanish language programme at the University of Oxford, UK

Nina Moreno is Associate Professor of Spanish and SLA at the University of South Carolina, USA

Inma Taboada is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Manel Lacorte is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Maryland, USA