false<![CDATA[Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172347633m/166433.jpg1664334<p> Nicholas Ostler's <i>Empires of the Word</i> is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the engaging self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern Europe, these epic achievements and more are brilliantly explored, as are the fascinating failures of once "universal" languages. A splendid, authoritative, and remarkable work, it demonstrates how the language history of the world eloquently reveals the real character of our planet's diverse peoples and prepares us for a linguistic future full of surprises. </p>12063822005Empires of the Word: A Language History of the Worldtotal:139|5:52|4:60|3:25|2:1|1:1|1395783954742truefalseFri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Mar 08 08:42:32 -0700 2009Sun Mar 08 10:24:30 -0700 2009
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30falsefalseSat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008Thu Jan 15 07:37:34 -0800 2009Thu Jan 15 07:43:27 -0800 20091 If you're at all interested in how dominant languages have spread and evolved, and how they impacted the linguistic development of all other languages in their regions, then stay away. If you're REALLY interested in small details o...more...]]>
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با پیشنهاد یکی از اساتیدم با این کتاب آشنا شدم و هر چه بیشتر خوندم بیشتر کف کردم!
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amazon.com "Curious About These" list, c. Nov/Dec 2006.)
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