Last Lingua Franca English until the Return of Babel

Name: Last Lingua Franca English until the Return of Babel
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ISBN: 9780802717719

ISBN-10: 0802717713

ISBN-13: 9780802717719

Edition: 2010

Authors: Nicholas Ostler

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English is the world's lingua franca-the most widely spoken language in human history. And yet, as historian and linguist Nicholas Ostler persuasively argues, English will not only be displaced as the world's language in the not-distant future, it will be the last lingua franca, not replaced by another. Empire, commerce, and religion have been the primary raisons d'etre for lingua francas--Greek, Latin, Arabic have all held the position--and Ostler explores each through the lens of civilizations spanning the globe and history, from China and India to Russia and Europe. Three trends emerge that suggest the ultimate decline of English and other lingua francas. Movements throughout the world…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 11/23/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.144



Map


Acknowledgments


Preface



Lingua-Franca Present



The Edges of English



How Various in the Future?



Lingua-Francas Past



The Pragmatism of Empire



When the Writ of Persian Ran



Traders' Languages and the Language for Trade



God's Own Language



A Range of Outcomes



Regenerations



Ruin and Relegation



Resignation



Who's in Charge Here?



Big Beasts



The Jungle Is Neutral



Under an English Sun, the Shadows Lengthen


Notes


Bibliography


Index