Author

Nicholas Ostler

5 books

Books

  1. Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World 2005
  2. Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin 2007
  3. The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel 2010
2 more
  1. Passwords to paradise 2016
  2. Endangered Languages and Education Proceedings of the Third Fel Conference 2000

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