9781846142161-1846142164-The Last Lingua Franca

The Last Lingua Franca

ISBN-13: 9781846142161
ISBN-10: 1846142164
Author: Nicholas Ostler
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback 330 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781846142161
ISBN-10: 1846142164
Author: Nicholas Ostler
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback 330 pages

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The Last Lingua Franca (ISBN-13: 9781846142161 and ISBN-10: 1846142164), written by authors Nicholas Ostler, was published by Penguin Books in 2011. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Last Lingua Franca (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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In this provocative and persuasive new book, Nicholas Ostler challenges our assumption that English will continue to dominate as the global lingua franca Drawing on his encyclopaedic knowledge of world languages and their history, Ostler reveals that just as past great languages like Latin and Sanskrit have died out, so Eng

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