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The authors of The Story of French are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe.

Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world''s second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States? Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the husband-and-wife team who chronicled the history of the French language in The Story of French, now look at the roots and spread of modern Spanish. Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow''s trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, The Story of Spanish is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two namesSpanish and Castilian.

The story starts when the ancient Phoenicians set their sights on The Land of the Rabbits,

The Story of Spanish

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow

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      Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
      Publication Date: 15/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9781250049049, 978-1250049049
      ISBN10: 1250049040
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The authors of The Story of French are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe.

      Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world''s second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States? Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the husband-and-wife team who chronicled the history of the French language in The Story of French, now look at the roots and spread of modern Spanish. Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow''s trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, The Story of Spanish is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two namesSpanish and Castilian.

      The story starts when the ancient Phoenicians set their sights on The Land of the Rabbits,

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