Christina Isabelli, PhD
Illinois Wesleyan University
Research Paper Information - Spn 403
History of the Spanish Language
IL.Wesleyan University
P.O. Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702
309-556-3174
309-556-3284 (fax)
The
purpose of the research paper is to give you a hands-on
introduction
to linguistics research. This is not the kind of paper that you can
knock
off in a couple of weeks of intense efforts at the end of the semester;
you will need to invest consistent time and effort in it over the
course
of the semester.
Proposal
of
research paper due: November 1, see course packet (p. 32) for the list of possible research
paper topics. The proposal should consist of the following 4 elements:
First
paragraph: an
introduction and presentation
of the problem addressed.
Second paragraph:
the
research questions
or
hypotheses
that your study will investigate. The question you chose to address
should come directly from
those
listed
on the topic handout (p. 32 of the course packet).
Rough outline:
I
will
use your outline to evaluate if you are going in the appropriate
direction, so you need to use a format that will make reading
easy. We will use the Traditional Alpha-Numeric Format (example
below).
The
outline
should show me that you can
answer the questions posed on the topic handout. Make sure that your
outline answers the questions posed in the topic handout.
Working title
I. Research questions. The answers should form main points.
II. Main point 1
A. Support for first main point
1. Evidence for point IA
2. More evidence for IA
B. Second support for first main point
(and so on)
IV. Conclusions
V. Annotated Bibliography (Obras citadas)
I. Research questions. The answers should form main points.
II. Main point 1
A. Support for first main point
1. Evidence for point IA
2. More evidence for IA
B. Second support for first main point
1.
Evidence for point IB
a.
support for this evidence
b. more support for this evidence
b. more support for this evidence
2.
More evidence for IB
III. Second main point (and so on)
IV. Conclusions
V. Annotated Bibliography (Obras citadas)
•
Include relevant citations each with a one-sentence summary (minimum
5).
• The references will from full text sources found on the shelves or online from books or academic journals (I've listed some starting points below - do NOT cite encyclopedic websites like Wikipedia).
• Use the APA 6th edition referencing style. You don't need to have the books in your possession, but this is a good time to start requesting books and articles through interlibrary loan (however many are found on the Ames library shelves).
• If you need a tutorial, make an appointment with a librarian at the Ames Library, if you are already familiar with this process go to the Ames Library website. The books/articles take about 1 week to arrive during busy times in the semester.
• A good place to start is with the list of references I have listed on our course website.
• Article Indexes - Ames Library Database (start with Article1st, JSTOR, or Wilson Select Plus).
• Articles can be downloaded in full text format directly from the Ames Library electronic reserves page. Insert Isabelli in the search box. Click on Spn 403 (even though it says Intro to Spanish Linguistics). It'll prompt you to insert the password I gave out in class
• The references will from full text sources found on the shelves or online from books or academic journals (I've listed some starting points below - do NOT cite encyclopedic websites like Wikipedia).
• Use the APA 6th edition referencing style. You don't need to have the books in your possession, but this is a good time to start requesting books and articles through interlibrary loan (however many are found on the Ames library shelves).
• If you need a tutorial, make an appointment with a librarian at the Ames Library, if you are already familiar with this process go to the Ames Library website. The books/articles take about 1 week to arrive during busy times in the semester.
• A good place to start is with the list of references I have listed on our course website.
• Article Indexes - Ames Library Database (start with Article1st, JSTOR, or Wilson Select Plus).
• Articles can be downloaded in full text format directly from the Ames Library electronic reserves page. Insert Isabelli in the search box. Click on Spn 403 (even though it says Intro to Spanish Linguistics). It'll prompt you to insert the password I gave out in class
- Casado-Fresnillo. Resultados del contacto del español con el Árabe y con las lenuas autóctonas de Guinea Ecuatorial.
- Dvorak. (1982). Subject-object reversals in the use of gustar among New York Hispanics.
- Elías-Olivares
(1995). Discourse strategies
of Mexican-American Spanish.
- García, M. (1995). En los sábados, en la mañana, en veces: A look at en in the Spanish of San Antonio.
- García, M.
(1999). Nomás in
a Mexican-American dialect.
- García, O. & M. Cuevas. (1995). Spanish ability and use among second-generation nuyoricans.
- Gutiérrez. (1995). On the future of the future tense in the Spanish of the Southwest.
- Gutiérrez. Simplification and innovation in US Spanish.
- Hammond. (1999). On the
non-occurrence of
the phone (Ëœr) in the Spanish sound system.
- Hidalgo. (1990). On the
question of 'standard'
versus 'dialect': Implications for teaching Hispanic college students.
- Lipski & Garcia. Siempre and todo el tiempo.
- Morales (1995). The loss of the Spanish impersonal se among bilinguals.
- Nuñez-Cedeño.
(1999).
On interpreting generic pronouns in Spanish. permission for use denied by publisher
- Nuñéz-Cedeño. Pérdida de inversión de subjecto en interrogativos adverbiales del español caribeño.
- Ocampo. (1990). El subjuntivo en tres generaciones de hablantes bilingües.
- Ringer Uber. (1999). Forms of address in the commercial Spanish of five Latin American cities.
- Silva-Corvalán. (1982). Code-shifting patterns in Chicano Spanish.
- Smead & Halvor Clegg.
(1990). Aztequismos en
el español chicano.
Journals
- Language Variation and Change
- Studies on the History of the Spanish Language: from the Middle Ages to Modern Times
Books
- Studies on the History of the Spanish Language: from the Middle Ages to Modern Times
Books
- Spaulding, Robert. How Spanish Grew. Berkeley: University California Press, 1943.
- Penny, Ralph. A History of the Spanish Language. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Canfield, D. Lincoln. Spanish Pronunciation in the Americas. University Chicago Press, 1981.
- Whitley, M. Stanley. Spanish/English Contrasts. Georgetown University Press, 2002.
- Thomason, S. G. & Kaufman, T. Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics. University of California Press, 1991.
- Silva-Corvalan, C. Spanish in Four Continents: Studies in Language Contact and Bilingualism. Georgetown University Press, 1995.
- Zamora Vicente, A. Dialectología Española.
Gredos,
Proposal due: November
1First
draft of research paper due: November
15 - look at
requirements in course packet p. 33Final paper
due: December 1- look at requirements in course packet