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Empires of the Word : a Language History of the World /

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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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Main Author: Ostler, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Language and languages.
Historical linguistics.
Language
Langage et langues.
Linguistique historique.
historical linguistics.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
17.15 historical linguistics.
Sprache
Talen.
Geschichte.
talen
languages
geschiedenis
history
wereld
world
Languages (General)
Talen (algemeen)
History (form)
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