Nadeau, Jean-Benoît,   1964-  <br/><br/>
The story of Spanish / 
Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow. 
 - First edition. 
 - xiii, 428 pages :  maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index. 
<br/><br/>The land of the rabbits<br/>Vulgar language<br/>Waiting for the Godos<br/>Almost Arabic<br/>The curious case of Castilian<br/>The King's speech<br/>The prince of language buffs<br/>The world according to Portugal<br/>Fourteen Ninety-two<br/>New turf<br/>The accidental grammarian<br/>A loss for words<br/>The canary effect<br/>The missionary position<br/>Moving Norte<br/>Golden Age<br/>Sunset on Spanish<br/>The Bourbon identity<br/>The secret lives of language academies<br/>Riding the tiger<br/>Standard shift<br/>Enter the United States<br/>The Spanish Renaissance<br/>The Latin rage<br/>Learning curve<br/>The Franco years<br/>The secret agent of the boom<br/>From ketchup to salsa<br/>I say Spanglish, you way Spanish<br/>Spanish dollars<br/>The department of urgent Spanish<br/>The language of the Cervantes<br/>Traces of the future<br/>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<br/>Hispanic Nobel prizes by country 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312656027  0312656025 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spanish language--History.<br/>Espaņol --Historia <br/>Historia del espaņol 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PC 4075  / N134s 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>460.9