The Story of Spanish

by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow

Book Overview

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-Benoit 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312656025
• ISBN13: 9780312656027
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Answers a lot of questions about Spanish

If you have an interest in the formation of language you’ll love this book. The part about the City of Cordoba is super interesting. Many charts about Spanish speakers currently.