Early Modern Spanish

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Early Modern Spanish is the historical stage of the Spanish language, roughly spanning the 15th to 17th centuries, during which its grammar, vocabulary, and orthography evolved into forms close to contemporary Spanish.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Early Modern Spanish canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical stage of a language ⓘ
stage of the Spanish language ⓘ
developedFrom Old Spanish ⓘ
developedInto Modern Spanish ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
follows Old Spanish ⓘ
grammaticalChange decline of synthetic future subjunctive ⓘ
increasing use of periphrastic verb forms ⓘ
stabilization of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ
hasFeature borrowings from Arabic ⓘ
borrowings from indigenous American languages ⓘ
development of seseo and distinction patterns ⓘ
emergence of leísmo in some dialects ⓘ
greater Latin and Italian lexical influence ⓘ
increased use of prepositions instead of case-like constructions ⓘ
loss of voiced sibilants ⓘ
reduction of consonant clusters ⓘ
stabilization of verb conjugation paradigms ⓘ
standardization of orthography ⓘ
transition from Old Spanish phonology to modern phonology ⓘ
variation in second-person plural forms vosotros and ustedes ⓘ
variation in use of subject pronouns vos and tú ⓘ
hasPart Golden Age Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Golden Age
influenced colonial Spanish in the Americas ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
notableWorkIn Don Quixote ⓘ
Fuenteovejuna ⓘ
La Celestina ⓘ
Lazarillo de Tormes ⓘ
orthographicChange gradual replacement of x with j for /x/ ⓘ
progressive elimination of many silent letters ⓘ
use of ç and z for different sibilant sounds ⓘ
variable use of b and v ⓘ
partOf history of the Spanish language ⓘ
precedes Modern Spanish ⓘ
regulatedBy Royal Spanish Academy ⓘ
regulationStartApprox early 18th century influence on late Early Modern usage ⓘ
startTime 15th century ⓘ
subfamily Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
usedBy Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
Fray Luis de León ⓘ
linked to: Luis de León

Garcilaso de la Vega ⓘ
Lope de Vega ⓘ
Luis de Góngora ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
usedIn Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Spanish Empire ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Spanish → followedBy → Early Modern Spanish ⓘ
Missionary Spanish → developedFrom → Early Modern Spanish ⓘ
La señora Cornelia → languageVariant → Early Modern Spanish ⓘ