Last lingua franca, the: the rise and fall of world languages
Auteur :
Ostler, Nicholas
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781846142161
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
258 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.