{"product_id":"empires-of-the-word-a-language-history-of-the-world-by-nicholas-ostler","title":"Empires of the Word : A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9780007118700\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarperCollins, January 2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e672 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Monumental . . . [Ostler's] massive overview of major languages in world history puts the current global spread of English in perspective.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this linguistic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Nicholas Ostler creates the first history of the world’s great languages,, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47515712028834,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/91SksGX4f2L._SY342.jpg?v=1786609837","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/empires-of-the-word-a-language-history-of-the-world-by-nicholas-ostler","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}