EmpiresoftheWord:ALanguageHistoryoftheWorld
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- 出版社 Harper
- 出版时间 2005年6月
- ISBN 9780066210865
- 定价 220.00
内容简介
Thestoryoftheworldinthelastfivethousandyearsisaboveallthestoryofitslanguages.Somesharedlanguageiswhatbindsanycommunitytogetherandmakespossibleboththelivingofacommonhistoryandthetellingofit.Yetthehistoryoftheworld'sgreatlanguageshasbeenverylittletold.EmpiresoftheWord,bythewide-ranginglinguistNicholasOstler,isthefirsttobringtogetherthetalesinalltheirgloriousvariety:theamazinginnovationsineducation,culture,anddiplomacydevisedbyspeakersofSumeriananditssuccessorsintheMiddleEast,rightuptotheArabicofthepresentday;theuncannyresilienceofChinesethroughtwentycenturiesofinvasions;thecharmedprogressofSanskritfromnorthIndiatoJavaandJapan;theengagingself-regardofGreek;thestrugglesthatgavebirthtothelanguagesofmodernEurope;andtheglobalspreadofEnglish.Besidestheseepicahievements,languagefailuresareequallyfascinating:WhydidGermangetleftbehind?WhydidEgyptian,whichhadsurvivedforeigntakeoversforthreemillennia,succumbtoMohammed'sArabic?WhyisDutchunknowninmodernIndonesia,thoughtheNetherlandshadruledtheEastIndiesforaslongastheBritishruledIndia?Asthisbooksplendidlyandauthoritativelyreveals,thelanguagehistoryoftheworldshowseloquentlytherealcharacterofpeoples;and,foralltherecenttehnicalmasteryofEnglish,nothingguaranteesourlanguage'slong-termpreeminence.Thelanguagefuture,likethelanguagepast,willbefullofsurprises.
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