Speak the Culture: Spain: Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture

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1. Identity: the
   building blocks of
   2. Literature
   and philosophy
   3. Art and
   architecture
   4. Performing
   arts
   5. Cinema
   and fashion
   6. Media and
   communications
   7. Food and drink 8. Living culture:
   the details of

1.3 Language and psyche

The fact that Spain has four official

languages may come as a surprise.

But this is new Spain; a democratised,

devolved land. Throw in a bundle of regional

dialects and the linguistic map becomes

increasingly complex, increasingly diverse.

But what about modes of thought? For all

their regional quirks, do the Spanish think

and behave in a certain way?