Empires of the Word

Ostler, Nicholas   

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. Reprint.

Editora: Perennial
ISBN: 0060935723
Edição: Reprint
Número de páginas: 615
Acabamento: 
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Local de Publicação: United States