The Last Lingua Franca

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ISBN-10:

1846142164

ISBN-13:

9781846142161

Author(s): Nicholas Ostler
Released: Jan 01, 2011
Publisher: ADULT PBS
Format: Paperback, 330 pages
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Description:

In this provocative and persuasive new book, 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 Eng












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