Mar 28, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2017-2018 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPAN 4474 Spanish of the Americas


4 semester hours

The course will begin with a review of changes in modern Spanish in the Americas. It will provide a general introduction to the history and structure of the varieties of Spanish spoken in the New World. Topics to be treated will include the Peninsular origins of New World Spanish, the influence of American languages on Spanish, the features which characterize the different varieties of “New World” Spanish (including U.S. Spanish), and the grammatical and lexical features which distinguish European Spanish from that spoken in the Americas.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3410  or consent of instructor.