Ebook: Empires of the Word : A Language History of the World
Author: Ostler Nicholas
- Tags: Language and languages. Historical linguistics. Talen. Langage et langues. Linguistique historique. Sprache.
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition: 1st American ed
- Language: English
- epub
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.
Abstract: 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