Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Language standardization -- The Spanish language context -- The structure of the book -- 1 Language Ideologies, Critical Discourse Analysis and Media Discourse -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Critical discourse analysis (CDA) -- Using CDA to study language ideologies: Examining the intersections -- Media discourse -- Summary -- 2 Language Authorities and the Standardization of Spanish -- Introduction -- Standard language ideology -- Language academies -- The Real Academia Española (Royal Academy of the Spanish Language) -- Other language authorities -- Summary -- 3 Spanish Linguistic Unity and the Global Community of Speakers -- Introduction -- Unity of the Spanish language -- The community of Spanish-speakers -- Unity and community in standardization discourse -- Summary -- 4 The Role and Authority of the Real Academia Española and Other Guardians of Spanish -- Introduction -- The role of language guardians in standardization -- The discursive legitimization of role and authority -- Summary -- 5 The Spanish Language in the World -- Introduction -- The framing of debates about Spanish in the world -- Pluricentric Spanish and the RAE -- To whom does Spanish 'belong'? -- Summary -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.