Nicholas Ostler
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- Allen Lane, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84614-216-1
EAN 9781846142161
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 Sanskrit have died out, so English will follow. The influence ...
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- Harper Perennial, 2006
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 688 páginas
PVP: 29,00 €
ISBN 978-0-00-711871-7
EAN 9780007118717
The history of language is also a history of its speakers, reflecting the power, culture, conquests, prestige and occasionally the declining fortunes of its users. Through the study of its languages, we find a potted history of the world itself. Empires of the Word is the first and only book recount this remarkable story in ...
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