Empires of the word a language history of the world

An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.

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1. Verfasser: Ostler, Nicholas (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY HarperCollins 2005
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XXI, 615 S.
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ISBN:0066210860
0-06-621086-0