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This text offers a 'natural history of languages' that recounts the ways in which one language has superseded another at different times in history. It shows that the language of the future will, like the languages of the past, be full of surprises
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Empires of the Word, Nicholas Ostler
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Empires of the Word
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nicholas Ostler
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0007118716
- ISBN13
- 9780007118717
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Science, Languages, Linguistics, Anthropology, Cultural History, Latin, Greek, History of Language, Writing, History of Writing, Philosophy of Language, Slavic Languages, Sanskrit, Romance Languages
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- This text offers a 'natural history of languages' that recounts the ways in which one language has superseded another at different times in history. It shows that the language of the future will, like the languages of the past, be full of surprises