Lengua y oralidad en los Siglos de Oro: entre el verso y la norma

This book delves into the cultivated oral tradition of Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, a decisive moment in the formation of the modern language. Through the analysis of poetic texts and grammatical treatises, this work reconstructs the pronunciation patterns and processes of change that marked the evolution of Spanish during the Habsburg era. Meter and rhyme become essential tools for studying an oral dimension that is preserved only indirectly, and they allow us to identify some of the major phonetic changes that took place during the Golden Age. Likewise, the historical, sociocultural, and literary factors that influenced the construction of a cultured norm closely related to social prestige and linguistic awareness in the Golden Age are explored.