The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World: From Colonization to Globalization

摘要: Spanish is now the third most widely spoken language in world after English and Chinese. This book traces how why has arrived at this position, examining its role diverse societies where it from Europe to Americas. Providing a comprehensive survey of issues Spanish-speaking world, outlines historical roots emergence or Castilian as dominant language, analyzes situation minority groups, colonial heritage Latin America. The structured four sections: national language: conflict hegemony Legislation realities linguistic diversity Language education future Spanish. Throughout Clare Mar-Molinero asks probing questions such as: How does relate power? What link with identity? nation-building? Who decides taught?