An edition of Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (2005)

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An edition of Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (2005)

Empires of the Word

A Language History of the World

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Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
640

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Subjects
Historical linguistics, Language and languages, Language, Langage et langues, Linguistique historique

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
June 27, 2006, Harper Perennial
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
June 27, 2006, Harper Perennial
in English
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Empires of the Word
February 21, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
in English - 1st American ed.
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Empires of the Word
February 21, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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First Sentence

"From the language point of view, the present population of the world is not six billion, but something over six thousand."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
640
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL9239991M
ISBN 10
0060935723
ISBN 13
9780060935726
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49772
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