SPN 312: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
Dr. Rodriguez-Gonalez focused on redesigning the final project in her SPN 312 course. For the final project students conducted a descriptive analysis of the phonetic, phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of a dialect of Spanish.

Students selected and gathered examples of a Spanish dialect, conducted a bibliographic search and linguistic description of the dialect, and analyzed the linguistic properties of the data collected. Dr. Rodriguez-Gonzalez designed the assignment so that students would be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. List all the linguistic characteristics that are normally used by native speakers of the geographical area you are analyzing.
2. Recognize, report and discuss the specific characteristics that differentiate the people in your interview/characters in your movie from the steoreotype.
3. Analyze and interpret those specific characteristics as part of a Hispanic geographical area.
4. Manage the data obtained in your research and compare it with the linguistic properties found in all Spanish dialects.
5. Evaluate the implications of your research in other areas of study that are related to Spanish dialectology (e.g., Sociolinguistics, language planning).

Rubrics

Linguistic Analysis Rubric