Ostler, Nicholas <br/><br/>
Empires of the word : a language history of the world 
by Nicholas Ostler 
 - London:   Harper Perennial  2005 
 - xxi, 615p., ind., bib.  23 cm x 15 cm 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007118717 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>contesting Europe<br/>desert blooms<br/>historical linguistics<br/>in the train of empire<br/>language and history<br/>languages by land<br/>languages by sea<br/>languages today and tomorrow<br/>literacy and the beginning of language<br/>nature of language history<br/>usurpers of greatness
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>409.22  / OST