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Author:

Ostler, Nicholas.

Title:

Empires of the word : a language history of the world / Nicholas Ostler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xxi, 615 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Language and languages--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780060935726
0060935723
9780066210865
0066210860

LCCN:

2005046010

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)