Review of the Spanish pronominal system

This article offers a critical review of the Spanish pronominal system (personal, possessive, and demonstrative pronouns) as described in Nebrija's works and in those of the 16th and 17th century grammarians. These texts show that the history of grammatics is frequently a history of errors. In fact, the methodology conveniences they chose to establish regular models, led grammarians to false the reality of the language. Quite frequently also, as they intended to develop the grammatical thinking establishing certain categories or divisions among them, these authors originated errors that have been perpetuated in their texts. From my point of view, that is the case for pronouns. As has been described along the Spanish grammatical tradition, in its evolution from Latin to Spanish, the language experienced a number of changes in its pronominal system embodying a series of paradigms that need a critical review. Here I intend to examine this situation and propose classification I consider reflects the linguistic reality.