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. Additional Details \N BOOK TYPE : NF BRAND : Ostler, Nicholas LANGUAGE : ENGLISH NUMBER OF PAGES : 615 PUBLISH DATE : 2006/07/01 PUBLISHER IMPRINT CODE : PEREL PUBLISHER NAME : HARPERCOLLINS RETURNS ACCEPTED? : YES
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