This course examines linguistic diversity in Spain and its representation in the European Union. It will analyze three languages officially recognized in Spain in addition to Spanish: Galician, Basque, and Catalan. The course will compare the structures of these languages and the effects of language contact. It will also consider the socio-historical context of the languages and the influence of language policy and conflict. Students will maintain blogs to discuss weekly readings and participate in oral presentations. Their final project will be a research paper on a course topic in Spanish. Class participation, blog assignments, presentations, and the final paper will be graded.

11. SPN3224: Contact Language in Spain & the EU WEEK 1 (August, 26) Presentación del curso WEEK 2 (September 2) Pluralidad lingüística en la Unión Europea WEEK 3 (September 9) La Península Ibérica: variedades lingüísticas (I) WEEK 4 (September 16) La Península Ibérica: variedades lingüísticas (II) WEEK 5 (September 23) Gallego en contacto (I) WEEK 6 (September 30) Gallego en contacto (II) WEEK 7 (October 7) Vasco en contacto (I) WEEK 8 (October 14) Vasco en contacto (II) WEEK 9 (October 21) Catalán en contacto (I) WEEK 10 (October 28) Catalán en contacto (II) WEEK 11 (November 4) Discusión de trabajos finales WEEK 12 (November 11) Veteran’s Day WEEK 13 (November 18) Síntesis WEEK 14 (November 25) Presentaciones orales (I) WEEK 15 (December 2) Presentaciones orales (II) WEEK 16 (December 9) Presentaciones orales (III)

12. SPN3224: Contact Language in Spain & the EU

13. SPN3224: Contact Language in Spain & the EU