by Ramón Menéndez Pidal · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423902507
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This book by Ramón Menéndez Pidal explores the origins and early evolution of the Spanish language. Through exhaustive research in medieval archives, the author traces the transformation of dialects in the Iberian Peninsula from the Visigothic conquest to the consolidation of Castilian in the times of Alfonso X. In addition, it analyzes the influences of Arabic and Mozarabic words, the decline of vulgar Latin, and population displacements during the Reconquest, offering a scholarly and detailed view of Spanish linguistic history.
Ramón Menéndez Pidal was a Spanish philologist and historian. He worked extensively on the history of the Spanish language and Spanish folklore and folk poetry. One of his main topics was the history and legend of El Cid. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 26 separate years, the most nominations of any other person.
