The Last Lingua Franca
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In the twenty-first century, can we really take the dominance of English for granted? In their time, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian have each been world languages, sweeping the globe for centuries at a time. This title explores the rise of a linguistic diversity we could never before have imagined.
Autor: | Nicholas Ostler |
Nakladatel: | Penguin Books Ltd |
ISBN: | 9781846142161 |
Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Jazyk : | Angličtina |
Vazba: | Paperback |
Počet stran: | 352 |
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