TY - BOOK AU - Ostler, Nicholas TI - Empires of the word : a language history of the world SN - 9780066210865 SN - 200504601 U1 - 409 OST PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - Historical linguistics KW - Language and languages N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-589) and index ER -