Castilian Language: Origins, Evolution, and Bilingualism
General Concepts: Direct Linguistics
- Linguistic system that stems from another.
- Linguistic system that does not meet the language category.
- Tongue: Language system clearly differentiated from others.
- Existence of a language model.
- Vehicle of a culture.
Origin and Evolution of Castilian
1. The Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula
Before the Roman colonization, the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by various peoples – Celts, Basques, etc. The Romanization process involves the incorporation of all these peoples into the Latino cultural world, which resulted in the disappearance of their languages – with the exception of Basque – just as Latin imposed itself in other areas of Romania. But the Latin that was generalized was not classical Latin, but spoken Latin that served as a common language throughout the Roman Empire.
2. The Romance Languages of the Iberian Peninsula
These are called Romance languages or romances. Peninsular Romance languages were, from west to east: Galician, Castilian, Navarrese-Aragonese, and Catalan. Mozarabic can be added: speakers of Romance living in areas ruled by the Arabs.
3. The Castilian Language
The innovative nature of Castilian led to the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile and the diffusion of Castilian on the peninsula. Alfonso X the Wise oversaw the consolidation of Castilian. Castilian became the language of a national state, spreading to the conquest of America. The final stabilization of Castilian occurred with the foundation of the Real Academia Española. Spanish in the eighteenth century.
On Bilingualism
Bilingualism is the use of two languages by a speaker. When bilingualism affects the individual speaker, it is individual bilingualism: two languages used by a speaker. Social bilingualism involves two languages used by a community or a substantial part of it. Areas of bilingualism in the peninsula include Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Galicia, and northern Navarre. Diglossia refers to an imbalance between a dominant language and a subordinate one.
Topic 5: The Function of the Narrator
The narrator is a structural element of a narrative, which consists essentially of the perspective that covers the events described and the voice that recounts them.
Narrator Participation in the Story
In the first case, the internal narrator constructs the story by pretending that the story is told by one of the participants.
1. Narrator as Protagonist
The most frequent narrator is the protagonist, speaking of himself or what happened. It is said that this is the character.
2. Narrator as Secondary Character
The narrator does not match the character but is a secondary character who realizes what the protagonist does.
External narrator: knows the facts of what happened and who participated.
Item 5 Red: The Function of the Narrator
The narrator is a structural element of a narration, which is the look that covers the events described and the voice that counts.
The Narrator Knows the Story
There are two basic types:
1. Omniscient Narrator
Knows all aspects and details of the world you create with your story: what the characters think, their intentions, their previous history.
2. Objectivist Narrator
Shows only what the characters do or say but never what they think.
The Narrator Also Says
The narrator simply tells what the characters do or say, deciding whether the actions of the characters are good or bad. We say that the narrator is objective.