TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nadeau,Jean-Benoît
AU  - Barlow,Julie
TI  - The story of Spanish
SN  - 0312656025 (hardcover)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Spanish language
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-408) and index; The land of the rabbits -- Vulgar language -- Waiting for the Godos -- Almost Arabic -- The curious case of Castilian -- The King's speech -- The prince of language buffs -- The world according to Portugal -- Fourteen Ninety-two -- New turf -- The accidental grammarian -- A loss for words -- The canary effect -- The missionary position -- Moving Norte -- Golden Age -- Sunset on Spanish -- The Bourbon identity -- The secret lives of language academies -- Riding the tiger -- Standard shift -- Enter the United States -- The Spanish Renaissance -- The Latin rage -- Learning curve -- The Franco years -- The secret agent of the boom -- From ketchup to salsa -- I say Spanglish, you way Spanish -- Spanish dollars -- The department of urgent Spanish -- The language of the Cervantes -- Traces of the future -- 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 -- Hispanic Nobel prizes by country
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