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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
| Author | : Nicholas Ostler |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
| Total Pages | : 943 |
| Release | : 2010-02-25 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 000736489X |
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An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.
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