CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Professor of Spanish sociolinguistics and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK. She teaches and has published widely on language policies and on global Spanish. Her publications include "The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World" (2000), "The Spanish-Speaking World: Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues" (1997), "Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula" (co-edited with Angel Smith, 1996) and "Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices: Language and the Future of Europe" (co-edited with Patrick Stevenson, 2005). She is ch...