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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Publication date
February 21, 2005
Pages
624
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780007118700
ISBN-10
0007118708
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$64.25
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another in the past, and what it is about -- say -- Greek, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese and English that has led to their supremacy at different times.
Editions
Hardcover
from Harpercollins (July 1, 2005)
9780066210865 | details & prices | 615 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $29.95
About: An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.
About: An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (February 21, 2005)
9780007118700 | details & prices | 624 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $64.25
About: An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another in the past, and what it is about -- say -- Greek, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese and English that has led to their supremacy at different times.
About: An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another in the past, and what it is about -- say -- Greek, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese and English that has led to their supremacy at different times.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Perennial (July 1, 2006)
9780060935726 | details & prices | 615 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $17.99
About: An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.
About: An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global spread of English, in a volume that offers linguistic perspectives on numerous past and present civilizations.
Miscellaneous
from Harpercollins (September 28, 2010)
9780062047359 | details & prices | 800 pages | List price $16.99
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