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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
HarperCollins Publishers,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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