The last lingua franca : the rise and fall of world languages
Ostler, Nicholas2011
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Nicholas Ostler challenges our assumption that English will continue to dominate as the global lingua franca. Drawing on his encyclopaedic knowledge of world languages and their history, Ostler reveals that just as past great languages like Latin and Sanskrit have died out, so English will follow.
Main title:
The last lingua franca : the rise and fall of world languages / Nicholas Ostler.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2011.
Collation:
xx, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Walker ; London : Allen Lane, 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846142161 (pbk)1846142164 (pbk)
Dewey class:
420.9 OST420.9
LC class:
PE1073
Language:
English
BRN:
373998