The last lingua franca : English until the return of Babel /

The last lingua franca

English until the return of Babel

The last lingua franca

English until the return of Babel
Nicholas Ostler
Book - 2010
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37413313062459 Disponible Non-fiction 420.9 OSTLER
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ostler, Nicholas
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: New York : Walker & Co., 2010.
Édition:1st U.S. ed.
Sujets:
English language > Foreign countries.
Lingua francas.
English language > Variation.
English language > Social aspects.

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505 0 |a Lingua-franca present. The edges of English -- How various in the future? Lingua-francas past. The pragmatism of empire -- When the writ of Persian ran -- Traders' languages and the language for trade -- God's own language. A range of outcomes. Regenerations -- Ruin and relegation -- Resignation. Who's in charge here. Big beasts -- The jungle is neutral -- Under an English Sun, the shadows lengthen. 
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