The story of Spanish
By: Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow
Contributors: Barlow, Julie, 1968-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780312656027
Subjects: Spanish language; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: The land of the rabbits; title: Vulgar language; title: Waiting for the Godos; title: Almost Arabic; title: The curious case of Castilian; title: The King's speech; title: The prince of language buffs; title: The world according to Portugal; title: Fourteen Ninety-two; title: New turf; title: The accidental grammarian; title: A loss for words; title: The canary effect; title: The missionary position; title: Moving Norte; title: Golden Age; title: Sunset on Spanish; title: The Bourbon identity; title: The secret lives of language academies; title: Riding the tiger; title: Standard shift; title: Enter the United States; title: The Spanish Renaissance; title: The Latin rage; title: Learning curve; title: The Franco years; title: The secret agent of the boom; title: From ketchup to salsa; title: I say Spanglish, you way Spanish; title: Spanish dollars; title: The department of urgent Spanish; title: The language of the Cervantes; title: Traces of the future; title: Appendixes. Spanish speakers by country ; Spanish speakers, other countries ; Learners of Spanish as a foreign language ; Influence of language by absolute numbers ; Influence of Spanish by rank; title: Hispanic Nobel prizes by country.