TY - BOOK AU - Ostler,Nicholas TI - Empires of the word: a language history of the world AV - P107.O85.E475 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - Language and languages KW - Historical linguistics N1 - 1 (pages 579-589) and index; The nature of language history --; Languages by land --; Languages by sea --; Languages today and tomorrow; 2 ER -