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Empires of the Word
A Language History of the World
Häftad, 2006
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253 kr
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An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what …
Ad Infinitum
A Biography of Latin
Häftad, 2009
160 kr
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An in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of ‘Empires of the Word’.The Latin language has been a constant in the cultural history of the West for over two millennia. It has shaped the way we think of ourselves and of our …
Ad Infinitum
A Biography of Latin
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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An in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of `Empires of the Word’.The Latin language has been a constant in the cultural history of the West for over two millennia. It has shaped the way we think of ourselves and of our …
Empires of the Word
A Language History of the World
E-bok, 2010
159 kr
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An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what …
Last Lingua Franca
English Until the Return of Babel
E-bok, 2010
170 kr
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In this provocative and persuasive new book, Nicholas Ostler challenges our assumption that English will continue to dominate as the global lingua franca. Drawing on his encyclopaedic knowledge of world languages and their history, Ostler reveals that just as past great languages like Latin and …
Last Lingua Franca
The Rise and Fall of World Languages
Häftad, 2011
137 kr
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A revelatory and exhilarating tour de force, Nicholas Ostler's The Last Lingua Franca: The Rise and Fall of World Languages explores the rise of a linguistic diversity we could never before have imagined.In the twenty-first century, can we really take the dominance of English for granted?In their …
