TY - BOOK ID - 8845408 TI - Empires of the word : a language history of the world PY - 2006 SN - 9780007118717 0007118716 PB - London HarperPerennial DB - UniCat KW - Language and languages. KW - Historical linguistics. KW - Historische linguïstiek KW - Taal en talen KW - geschiedenis KW - Historische linguïstiek. KW - geschiedenis. KW - Geschiedenis. KW - Historical linguistics KW - Language and history KW - History and language KW - Linguistics and history KW - History KW - Diachronic linguistics KW - Dynamic linguistics KW - Evolutionary linguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8845408 AB - This text offers a 'natural history of languages' that recounts the ways in which one language has superseded another at different times in history. It shows that the language of the future will, like the languages of the past, be full of surprises. ER -