Penny Ralph. A History of the Spanish Language

Cambridge University Press; 2 edition, 2004. — xx, 398 pages. ISBN10: 0521805872This revised and expanded edition of Ralph Penny's authoritative text includes new material on the nature of linguistic history, the concept of World Spanish, processes of convergence and divergence in Spanish and the English/Spanish interface. This edition also contains a glossary of technical terms, guidance on further reading and suggested topics for discussion.