Empires of the Word: 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...
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Author: Nicholas Ostler
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Ostler, Nicholas

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

¥4,086

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

¥4,086
Author: Nicholas Ostler
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Nicholas Ostler
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/27/2006
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9780060935726


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/03/2006 pg. 20

About the Author
Ostler, Nicholas: -

A scholar with a working knowledge of twenty-six languages, Nicholas Ostler has degrees from Oxford University in Greek, Latin, philosophy, and economics, and a Ph.D. in linguistics from MIT, where he studied under Noam Chomsky. He lives in Bath, England.

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