Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Linguistics Perspectives on Spanish in a Pluricentric Society: Who Cares How They Speak? Why Variation in the Spanish Language is Important -- Chapter 2. ¿Pescado o pehscao? The Sounds of Spanish in All Their Variety -- Chapter 3. ¿Dicen o decís? Variation in the Forms of Spanish -- Chapter 4. ¿Frijol o habichuela? Spanish Lexical Variety: Potential and Pitfalls -- Chapter 5. They Said haiga in El Mío Cid? The History of Spanish as a Window to Variation -- Chapter 6. Textbooks and Tips: How to Use and Enhance Available Resources in the University-level Class -- Chapter 7. Putting it All Together: Linguistics and Variation in the Spanish Language -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms -- Bibliography -- Suggestions for Future Reading -- Author Index -- Subject Index