Menéndez Pidal's Notes on Modern Spanish Language Evolution, 1730-1823

1730-1823 handwritten notes by Ramón Menéndez Pidal from the archive of the History of the Spanish Language, organized into sections on criticism, neoclassicism, and preromanticism. The dataset provides access to these manuscript slips from the 'El español moderno. Renovación neoclásica' folder. It was contributed by Fernández-Ordóñez, Inés and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Study stylistic and thematic evolution based on the described sections for Criticism and Prosaism (1713-1760), Neoclassicism (1760 1799), and Preromanticism (1799-1823).
• Analyze the influence of other languages and Hispanic varieties based on the 'Las otras lenguas y variedades hispanas' section mentioned in the description.
• Trace international cultural exchange based on the 'Vida internacional' section described in the dataset.
• Research manuscript-based historical linguistics based on the primary source material of handwritten slips.

Strengths

• Provides direct access to primary source manuscript material from a notable Spanish philologist.
• Covers a defined historical period (1730-1823) with internal chronological sections.
• Content is organized into thematic sections as described, including criticism, neoclassicism, and international life.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Archivo de la Historia de la Lengua Española, likely associated with the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Manuscript notes handwritten by Ramón Menéndez Pidal.

Time Range

1730-1823

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:49:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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