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Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler

A Language History of the World. Nicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word is the first history of the world’s great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the engaging self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern Europe, these epic achievements and more are brilliantly explored, as are the fascinating failures of once universal languages. A splendid, authoritative, and remarkable work, it demonstrates how the language history of the world eloquently reveals the real character of our planet s diverse peoples and prepares us for a linguistic future full of surprises.

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• Folio Society Unknown Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; [2010]
• Black Cloth Hardback, 614 pp
• Colour and black & white plates.
• Size 250 x 180mm, 1.95kg

Condition: Brand New – Still In Original Unopened cellophane Wrap

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