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 civil Title: Empires Of The Word Author: Ostler, Nicholas Publisher: Harpercollins Publication Date: 2005/07/01 Number of Pages: 615 Binding Type: HARDCOVER Library of Congress: 2005046010 BRAND : Ostler, Nicholas
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