Empires of the Word
A Language History of the World
New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First Harper Perennial edition.
Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
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.
Contents:
The nature of language history -- Languages by land -- Languages by sea -- Languages today and tomorrow.
ISBN:
9780062047359
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.