Scan barcode
615 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007118700
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 21 February 2005
Description
If the history of languages has taught us anything, Nicholas Ostler argues, it is that no language - however populous its speakers, confident its culture and advanced its technology - has remained the linga franca indefinitely. As the technologica...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
615 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007118700
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 21 February 2005
Description
If the history of languages has taught us anything, Nicholas Ostler argues, it is that no language - however populous its speakers, confident its culture and advanced its technology - has remained the linga franca indefinitely. As the technologica...