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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Perennial
Publication date
July 1, 2006
Pages
615
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060935726
ISBN-10
0060935723
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$17.99
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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. Reprint.
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.
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About: An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another in the past, and what it is about -- say -- Greek, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese and English that has led to their supremacy at different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About: An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another in the past, and what it is about -- say -- Greek, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese and English that has led to their supremacy at different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
The price comparison is for this edition
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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